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President
  
Bashar Assad

Preceded by
  
Rida Adnan Said


Education
  
Name
  
Wael al-Halqi

Party
  
Ba'ath Party

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Deputy
  
Fahd Jassem al-FreijWalid Muallem

Preceded by
  
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Office
  
Similar People
  
Bashar al‑Assad, Asma al‑Assad, Michel Aflaq

Political party
  
Syrian Ba'ath Party

Wael Nader Al-Halqi (Arabic: وائل نادر الحلقي‎‎, born 1964) is a Syrian politician who was Prime Minister of Syria from 2012 to 2016. Previously he was Minister of Health from 2011 to 2012. He was appointed as Prime Minister on 9 August 2012.

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Early life and education

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Halqi was born in Jasim in the Daraa Governorate in 1964 into a Sunni Muslim family. He earned a degree in medicine (MD) from the University of Damascus in 1987 and a master's degree in gynaecology and obstetrics again from the University of Damascus in 1991.

Career

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Halqi served as director of primary health care in Jasim from 1997 to 2000 and was secretary of the Daraa branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party from 2000 to 2004. He served as the director of health in Daraa, and in 2010, was appointed head of Syria's doctors. He was appointed as Prime Minister of Syria on 9 August 2012 by President Bashar Assad, after his predecessor Riyad Farid Hijab fled to Jordan and declared his allegiance to the Syrian opposition.

Assassination attempt

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In April 2013, Halqi survived an apparent assassination attempt by car bombing in the Mezzeh district of Damascus. The assassination attempt killed six people.

Personal life

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Halqi is married and has four children.

References

Wael Nader al-Halqi Wikipedia


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