Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 8

20-February-2006

SYRIA

'Alaw Is Oil Minister In Reshuffled Syrian Cabinet

Syrian President Bashar al-Asad on 11 February reshuffled the cabinet of Prime Minister Muhammad al-'Utari, bringing in 14 new ministers. Sufian 'Alaw, a graduate in engineering from Aleppo University, was named as minister of petroleum and mineral resources, replacing Ibrahim Haddad who had held this post since December 2001. Mr 'Alaw served as an energy expert with the UNs ESCWA...