VOL. XXXV

NO. 40

6-JULY-1992

Syria

Nadir Nabulsi Appointed Oil Minister

Mr. Nadir Nabulsi was appointed Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resourcesin the new Syrian cabinet formed on 29 June. He replaced Dr. Mtanios Habib whoheld this portfolio since November 1987 (MEES, 9 November 1987). Mr. Nabulsi, aUS-trained geological engineer, has been Deputy Minister of Petroleum andMineral Resources for the past several years and is Chairman of al-FuratPetroleum Company (FPC), Syria's biggest oil...