Hilal al-Atrash

Hilal Al Atrash is a Syrian engineer and politician who served as minister of local administration and environment from 2001 to 2009.

Hilal Al Atrash
Minister of Local Administration
In office
December 2000 – April 2009
PresidentBashar Assad
Prime MinisterMohammed Mustafa Mero
Succeeded byTamer Al Hijeh
Personal details
NationalitySyrian
Political partySyrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

Career

Atrash is an engineer by training.[1] In November 2000, he was appointed governor of the Quneitra province, which was his first governorship.[2] He was a member of the Baath party, being part of the reformist wing.[3] He was appointed minister of local administration on 13 December 2000 to the cabinet headed by then prime minister Mohammed Mustafa Mero, which was reshuffled after Hafez Assad's death.[4][5] Atrash's term ended in a cabinet reshuffle in April 2009 and he was succeeded by Tamer Al Hijeh.[6] Then he was named Syrian ambassador to Libya.[7]

References
  1. "Establishment of Urban Observatories in Syria". UN Habitat. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. "Intelligence Briefs: Syria". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 2 (10). November 2000. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  3. Moubayed, Sami (26 May – 1 June 2005). "The faint smell of jasmine". Al Ahram Weekly. 744. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  4. "The Government". Reuters. 2000. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  5. "New Syrian Government Formed; Veteran Guards Retain Defence and Foreign Portfolios". Albawaba. 14 December 2001. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  6. "Syrian Cabinet Reshuffle". Carnegie Endowment. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  7. "Syria send ships to evacuate nationals from Libya". Xinhua. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2013.


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