Salwa Abdullah | |
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سلوى عبد الله | |
Minister of Social Affairs and Labour | |
In office 30 August 2020 –10 August 2021 | |
President | Bashar al-Assad |
Prime Minister | Hussein Arnous |
Preceded by | Rima al-Qadiri |
Succeeded by | Mohamed Seif El-Din |
Personal details | |
Born | 1953 (age 70–71) Quneitra,Idlib,Syria |
Residence | Damascus |
Profession | Politician,Doctor |
Salwa Abdullah (born 1953) is a Syrian doctor and politician who was Minister of Social Affairs and Labour in the First Hussein Arnous government. [1] [2]
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