Marek Marian Belka is a Polish professor of economics and politician who has served as Prime Minister of Poland and Finance Minister of Poland in two governments. He is a former director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) European Department and former Head of Narodowy Bank Polski. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since July 2019.
Peer Steinbrück is a German politician who was the Chancellor-candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the 2013 federal election. Steinbrück served as the eighth Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2002 to 2005,a member of the Bundestag from 2009 to 2016,and as Federal Minister of Finance in the first Cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2005 to 2009.
Damascus University is the largest and oldest university in Syria,located in the capital Damascus,with campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 as the Syrian University through the merger of the Medical School and the Institute of Law. It adopted its current name after the founding of the University of Aleppo in 1958.
Johannes Franciscus "Hans" Hoogervorst is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and economist. He is the former chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) from 1 July 2011 through 30 June 2021.
Khalid al-Azm was a Syrian politician and five-time interim Prime Minister,as well as Acting President from 4 April to 16 September 1941. He was a member of one of the most prominent political families in Syria,al-Azm,and the son of an Ottoman minister of religious affairs.
Salam Fayyad is a Palestinian politician and economist who served as the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and the finance minister. He was Finance Minister from June 2002 to November 2005 and from March 2007 to May 2012. Fayyad was prime minister between June 2007 and June 2013.
Sabri al-Asali was a Syrian politician and a three-time prime minister of Syria. He also served as vice-president of the United Arab Republic in 1958.
Izzat Traboulsi LL.M Ph.D.Econ,was a Syrian politician,economist,banker,and writer. He was the first governor of the Central Bank of Syria from 1956 to 1961 and served as Minister of Economy and Trade under the government of Head-of-State Nazim al-Qudsi and Syrian Prime Minister Khalid Al-Azm in 1962. His ideas and actions had an important influence on the Syrian financial institutions.
Sartaj Aziz was a Pakistani economist and strategist,who had previously served as the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan,member of the federal cabinet as the de facto Minister for Foreign Affairs,a Federal Senator as well as the National Security Advisor.
Wael Nader Al-Halqi is a Syrian politician who was Prime Minister of Syria from 2012 to 2016. Previously he was Minister of Health from 2011 to 2012. He was appointed as Prime Minister on 9 August 2012.
Dawoud Abdallah Rajiha was a Syrian military officer who was the Minister of Defense from 2011 to July 2012 when he was assassinated along with other senior military officers in a bombing claimed by Syrian rebel forces during the country's Civil War. From 2009 to 2011,Rajiha served as chief of staff of the Syrian Army.
Asad Umar is a Pakistani former business executive and politician who served as the Finance,Revenue,and Economic Affairs Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to April 2019 and the Federal Minister for Planning,Development,Reforms and Special Initiatives from November 2019 to April 2022. Prior to entering politics,he served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Engro from 2004 to 2012.
Vittorio Grilli is an Italian economist and academic. He was Italy's minister of economy and finance from 2012 to 2013 as part of the Monti cabinet.
Suleiman Al Abbas is a Syrian engineer and politician who was the minister of petroleum and mineral resources in the period 2013–2016.
Hazem El Beblawi is an Egyptian economist and politician who was interim prime minister of Egypt from 2013 until 1 March 2014. Previously he served as deputy prime minister and minister of finance in 2011. After the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and his government in July 2013,Beblawi was named interim prime minister. On 24 February 2014,Beblawi announced his resignation.
Fabrizio Saccomanni was an Italian economist,civil servant and the director general of the Bank of Italy. He served as minister of economy and finance between April 2013 and February 2014. From 13 April 2018 until his death,Saccomanni was the chairman of UniCredit.
Saudi Arabia–Syria relations refer to bilateral and economic relations between Saudi Arabia and the Syrian Arab Republic. Diplomatic ties between these two countries of the Middle East have long been strained by the major events in the region. Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Damascus,and Syria has an embassy in Riyadh. Both countries are members of the Arab League and share close cultural ties.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Zadornov is a Russian economist,chairman of the management board of Otkritie FC Bank,President and chairman of the management board of VTB 24 in the years 2005–2017,government official,Russian Minister of Finance from 1997 to 1999,Russian State Duma Deputy,1st –4th Convocations. Recipient of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class and a Certificate of Honour from the Russian Government.
Marzuki Usman is an economist and expert on capital markets. He also served as Minister of Tourism,Post and Telecommunications and the Minister of Forestry and Plantation. He is the current chairman of the Jakarta Stock Exchange and serves in several roles in a politically non-partisan capacity.
Akylbek Üsönbek uulu Japarov is a Kyrgyz politician serving as Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan since 12 October 2021. He replaced Ulukbek Maripov,who had been appointed to the new role by President Sadyr Japarov on 5 May 2021. Aqılbek is also concurrently the Head of the Presidential Administration under President Japarov.
