Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar

Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar (Arabic: محمد نضال الشعار) who serves as the Minister of Economy and Industry for Syria since 29 March 2025 as part of the Syrian transitional government.^[1] He had previously served as Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade in the Adel Safar government.

Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar محمد نضال الشعار
Minister of Economy and Industry
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 March 2025
President	Ahmed al-Sharaa
Preceded by	Office established
Minister for Economy and Foreign Trade
In office 14 April 2011 – 23 June 2012
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Adel Safar
Preceded by	Lamia Assi
Succeeded by	Mohammed Dhafer Mahbek
Member of the People's Council of Syria
In office 2003–2007
President	Bashar al-Assad
Personal details
Born	1956 (age 68–69) Aleppo, Syria
Children	Two
Alma mater	University of Aleppo (BA) George Washington University (PhD)

Early life, education and career

Al-Shaar was born in the Aleppo in 1956. He earned a B.A. degree from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Aleppo in 1980, and a Ph.D. in economics from the George Washington University.

From 1996 to 2001 he was a professor in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Aleppo.

See also

• Cabinet of Syria