President Bashar Assad Name Najm al-Ahmad Nationality Syrian | Preceded by Tayseer Qala Awwad Prime Minister Wael Al Halaqi Education Ain Shams University | |
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Born 1969 (age 45–46)
Aleppo Political party Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Alma mater University of Damascus
Ain Shams University | ||
Najm Hamad al-Ahmad (Arabic: نجم حمد الأحمد) (born 1969) is a Syrian jurist and justice minister.
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Early life and education
Ahmad was born in Aleppo in 1969. He holds a bachelor's degree in law, which he received in 1991. He also obtained degrees in general law, administrative law and administrative sciences from the University of Damascus and Ain Shams University in Egypt. He also received a PhD in law from Ain Shams University.
Career
Ahmad served as the chairman of the judicial reform committee formed on 17 May 2011. He also served as deputy justice minister. On 16 August 2012, Ahmad was appointed justice minister by the Syrian president Bashar Assad to the cabinet headed by Wael Al Halaqi.
Sanctions
On 16 October 2012, the European Union put him along with other Syrian officials into the list of financial sanctions. The United Kingdom Treasury also put him among asset freeze targets the same day.
On 16 May 2013, the United States Treasury Department designated four senior Syrian officials, including Ahmad, for backing "the government of Bashar Assad in suppressing people or involvement in terrorism".