Najah al-Attar
Hafez Assad | |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Maha Qanout |
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| Born | 10 January 1933 French Syria (present-day Syria) |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Other political affiliations | National Progressive Front |
| Relations | Muhammad Rida al-Attar (father) Issam al-Attar (brother) |
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Najah Al-Attar (
Arab woman to have held the post.[2]
Previously she was minister of culture from 1976 to 2000.
Early life and education
Attar was born on 10 January 1933 and raised in
PhD in Arabic literature from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom in 1958.[6] She also received a number of certificates then in international relations and in literary and art criticism
.
Career
Attar is an accomplished
translator and started teaching in high schools within Damascus after her return from Scotland, then worked in the Department of Translation of the Syrian Ministry of Culture. In 1976, she was appointed as minister of culture,[6] serving in that post until 2000. On 23 March 2006, she was appointed as vice president.[3]
Political alignment
Although Attar is vice president and served as a long-term minister in Syria, a state largely controlled by the secular
Aachen, West Germany since the 1970s, which saw a government persecution of various Islamist
political movements.
References
- ^ "Syria's Assad reappoints woman VP but mum on Sharaa". 20 July 2014.
- ^ "Syria's First Female Vice President Hailed as Progress for Women". Arab News. 24 March 2006. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ a b Moubayed, Sami (30 March – 5 April 2006). "Vice-President Najah al-Attar". Al Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ "Assad inner circle takes hard line in Syria conflict", The Daily Star, 26 December 2012.
- ^ Syria Country Studies
- ^ a b "The First Woman Minister in the Syrian Government" (PDF). Al Raida (2). September 1997. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
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