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Hilal al-Atrash
Syrian engineer and politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hilal Al Atrash is a Syrian engineer and politician who served as minister of local administration and environment from 2001 to 2009.
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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 al-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]
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