Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade in Syria from 2016 to 2017, Syrian Arab Republic. He served as Governor of the “ Central Bank of Syria ” between 2005 and 2016, and the Supervising Director of the Governor’s Office Directorate, the Internal Audit Directorate, and the Internal Control Directorate in the “Central Bank of Syria”, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the “Central Bank of Syria”, Chairman of the “Monetary and Credit Council”, and Chairman of the “Central Bank of Syria”. The Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Authority, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Banking Training and Qualification Center, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Organization for Social Insurance. He was also executive director of the joint qualifying master’s degree in banking and finance between the University of Damascus and Bordeaux University IV, dean of the National Institute of Public Administration, and a member of the teaching staff at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Damascus. He holds a doctorate in economics, specializing in international relations in 1991 from the University of Aix-en-Provence in France, a diploma in in -depth studies in money, banking and finance in 1983 from the same university, a diploma in in-depth studies in applied macroeconomics in 1985 from the same university, and a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1983. 1981 from the University of Damascus. He is the director and owner of “Economos Consulting Company” in the Syrian Arab Republic, and owns all shares in the company, 100%, with a value of 10,000,000 Syrian pounds.