Muhammad Naji al-Otari

Muhammad Naji al-Otari محمد ناجي عطري
Prime Minister of Syria
In office 10 September 2003 – 14 April 2011
President	Bashar al-Assad
Deputy	Abdullah al-Dardari
Preceded by	Muhammad Mustafa Mero
Succeeded by	Adel Safar
Speaker of Parliament of Syria
In office March 9, 2003 – September 18, 2003
Preceded by	Abdel Kader Kaddoura
Succeeded by	Mahmoud al-Abrash
Personal details
Born	1944 (age 67–68) Aleppo, Syria
Political party	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Religion	Islam

Muhammad Naji al-Otari (Arabic: محمد ناجي عطري‎ Muḥammad Nājī al-`Uṭrī also Etri, Itri and Otri) (born 1944) is a Syrian politician who was Prime Minister of Syria from 2003 to 2011.^[1]

Early life, education and career

Born in Syria's largest city Aleppo in 1944, he studied architecture and has a diploma in urban planning from the Netherlands. He is fluent in French and English.^[2]

He headed the city council in Aleppo from 1983 to 1987 and is a former governor of Homs. He was president of Aleppo's engineering syndicate from 1989 to 1993.

Al-Otari is a long-serving member of the ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. In March 2000 he became a member of the Ba'ath Party's Central Committee and in June 2000 of the party's influential Regional Command. In March 2000 he was also appointed deputy prime minister for services affairs.

Speaker of Parliament

He was elected speaker of the Syrian parliament, or People's Assembly, in March 2003.

Prime Minister

He was first appointed Prime Minister on 10 September 2003. His nomination has been said to combine both "technocratic and Ba'athist trends" in Syrian politics.^[2] On 29 March 2011, the entire cabinet resigned; al-Otari remained in office in a caretaker capacity.^[1]In 3 April 2011, President Assad appointed Adel Safar to succeed Otari.

See also

• Cabinet of Syria
• Politics of Syria

References

v d e Prime Ministers of Syria since 1920 Kingdom of Syria (1920) al-Rikabi H. al-Atassi* al-Durubi al-Ulshi French Mandate of Syria (1920-1946) post established 1932 H. al-Azm al-Hasani A. al-Ayyubi Mardam Bey al-Haffar al-Bukhari post vacant, 1939-41 K. al-Azm al-Hakim H. al-Barazi al-Ulshi al-Jabiri al-Khoury al-Jabiri Syrian Republic (1946-1958) al-Jabiri K. al-Azm* Mardam Bey K. al-Azm al-Za'im M. al-Barazi H. al-Atassi al-Kudsi K. al-Azm al-Kudsi K. al-Azm al-Hakim al-Khatib al-Dawalibi Selu Shishakli al-Asali al-Ghazzi al-Khoury al-Asali al-Ghazzi al-Asali United Arab Republic (1958-1961) Kuhala Sarraj Syrian Arab Republic (1961-) al-Kuzbari al-Nuss al-Dawalibi al-Azma K. al-Azm al-Bitar al-Hafiz al-Bitar al-Hafiz Zuaiyin al-Bitar Zuaiyin N. al-Atassi al-Assad Kleifawi M. al-Ayyubi Kleifawi al-Halabi al-Kasm Zuabi Mero al-Otari Safar * acting

v d e Speakers of the Parliament of Syria since 1919 al-Atassi* • Muayyad • al-Atassi • al-Khoury • al-Khoury • al-Jabiri • al-Khoury • al-Khoury • Kikhia • al-Dawalibi • al-Kudsi • al-Kuzbari • al-Kudsi • al-Hawrani • Sadat† • al-Kuzbari • Ghazzi • al-Atrash • al-Khatib • al-Yusufi • al-Halabi • al-Halabi • Hadid • Zuabi • Zuabi • Kaddoura • Kaddoura • Kaddoura • Kaddoura • al-Otari • al-Abrash • al-Abrash *president of the Syrian National Congress     †within the UAR

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