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.
The University of Damascus is the largest and oldest university in Syria,located in the capital Damascus and has campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 through the merger of the School of Medicine and the Institute of Law. Until 1958,it was named the Syrian University,but the name changed after the founding of the University of Aleppo.
Khalid al-Azm was a Syrian national leader 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 Jordanian-Palestinian politician,who served as the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and the finance minister.
Walid Mohi Edine al Muallem was a Syrian diplomat and Ba'ath Party member who served as foreign minister from 2006 to 2020 and as deputy prime minister from 2012 to 2020.
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.
Dr. 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 is a Pakistani economist and a strategist,having 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,forename sometimes transliterated Dawood or Daoud,surname sometimes transliterated Rajha,was the Syrian minister of defense from 2011 to July 2012 when he was assassinated along with other senior military officers by armed opposition 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 politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from September 2013 till May 2018 and again from August 2018 till January 2023. He served as the Federal Minister for Planning,Development,Reforms and Special Initiatives,from 19 November 2019 to 10 April 2022.
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.
Tammam Saeb Salam is a Lebanese politician who was the Prime Minister of Lebanon from February 2014 until December 2016. He also served as the acting President of Lebanon from May 2014 until October 2016 in his capacity as prime minister. He previously served in the government of Lebanon as minister of culture from 2008 to 2009.
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 diplomatic and economic relations between Saudi Arabia and Syria. Diplomatic ties between these two countries of the Middle East have long been strained by the major events in the region. Relations between Saudi Arabia and Syria deteriorated further following the Syrian Civil War and Saudi Arabia's numerous calls for Bashar Assad to be ousted from power. Saudi Arabia cut off relations with Syria after they decided to close its embassy in Damascus and expel the Syrian ambassador in 2012. In March 2023,Saudi Arabia and Syria began discussing restoration of diplomatic relations.
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.
George Chouliarakis,also transliterated as Giorgos Houliarakis,is a Greek academic and politician who served as an Alternate Minister of Finance in the Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras,serving under Euclid Tsakalotos. Chouliarakis was formerly the interim Minister of Finance in the caretaker government led by Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou.
Japarov Üsönbek uulu Aqılbek 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.
