Ministry of Economy and Trade
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The Ministry of Economy and Trade of Syria
is the ministry that is responsible of drawing the state’s economic policy in general and trade policy in particular. It was established in 2003 as a replacement to the Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade.
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
is the ministry that is responsible of drawing the state’s economic policy in general and trade policy in particular. It was established in 2003 as a replacement to the Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade.
Ministry departments
- Directorates of Economy in the GovernoratesGovernorates of SyriaSyria has fourteen governorates, or muhafazat . The governorates are divided into sixty districts, or manatiq , which are further divided into subdistricts, or nawahi...
. - Governorate domestic trade directorates.
- Central Administration.
Ministers of Economy and Trade
- Muhammad al-Imadi
- Ghassan al-Rifai (13 December 2001 – 4 October 2004)
- Amer Husni LutfiAmer Husni LutfiDr. Amer Husni Lutfi is the current head of the State Planning Commission of Syria. He served as the minister of economy and trade between 2004 and 2010. Lutfi holds a Ph.D. degree in economic analysis from Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.-References:...
(4 October 2004 – 19 January 2010) - Lamia AssiLamia AssiLamia Assi is the current Minister of Tourism of Syria, serving since 2011. She previously served as the Minister of Economy and Trade and as the Ambassador to Malaysia.-Early life and education:Assi was born on December 27, 1955...
(19 January 2010 – 29 March 2011) - Mohammad Nidal al-ShaarMohammad Nidal al-ShaarDr. Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar is the current Minister of Economy and Trade for Syria, serving since 2011.-Early life, education and career:...
(14 April 2011 - incumbent)