Saad Abdel-Salam al-Nayef was the Minister of Health of Syria [1] from August 25, 2012 to December 2024 when the Assad regime collapsed. [2] He was appointed to the position after his predecessor, Wael Nader Al-Halqi, was appointed prime minister on 9 August 2012. [3]
On May 16, 2013, the United States Treasury Department designated four senior Syrian officials, including al-Nayef, for "backing the government of Bashar Al-Assad in suppressing people or involvement in terrorism". [4] [5]