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Emad Abdul Ghani Sabouni

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Preceded by
  
Amr Nazir Salem

Children
  
two

Name
  
Emad Sabouni


Prime Minister
  
Mohammad Najji Outri Adel Safar Riyad Farid Hijab Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji

Political party
  
Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

Alma mater
  
National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble (Ph.D.), Engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications Bretagne(Telecom Bretagne)

Education
  
Grenoble Institute of Technology, Telecom ParisTech

Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni (Arabic: عماد عبد الغني الصابوني‎‎) (born 1964 in Damascus) is the current Minister of Communications and Technology of Syria.

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Early life, education and career

Sabouni was born in Damascus in 1964. He earned a Ph.D. degree from National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France. He also earned a degree in Engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Télécommunications (Télécom Bretagne) in Brest, France.

  • Director General of the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment, 2003–2006.
  • Chairman of the Syrian Computer Society.
  • Advisor to Minister of Communications and Technology.
  • Participated in composing the dictionary of Computer Terms published by the Syrian Computer Society.
  • Member of the Syrian Secretariat of the Technical Committee on Using the Arabic Language in Information Technology.
  • Participated in work teams at the Arab League, the International Telecommunications Union and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA).

    • Personal life

    Sabouni is married and has two daughters.

    References

    Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni Wikipedia
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