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 Dardari
Preceded by	Muhammad Mustafa Mero
Succeeded by	Adel Safar
Speaker of Parliament of Syria
In office 9 March 2003 – 18 September 2003
Preceded by	Abdel Kader Kaddoura
Succeeded by	Mahmoud al-Abrash
Personal details
Born	1944 (age 68–69) Aleppo, Syria
Political party	Ba'ath Party
Other political affiliations	National Progressive Front
Religion	Shia 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 and education [edit]

Born in Aleppo in 1944, Otari studied architecture and has a diploma in urban planning from the Netherlands. He is fluent in French and English.^[2]

Career [edit]

Otari 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. He 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 and he served in this post until 2003.^[3] He was elected speaker of the Syrian parliament, or People's Assembly, in March 2003.^[3]

Prime Minister [edit]

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] On 3 April 2011, President Assad appointed Adel Safar to succeed Otari.

References [edit]

v t 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) Nasser Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present) 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 Khleifawi M. al-Ayyubi Khleifawi al-Halabi al-Kasm Zuabi Mero al-Otari Safar Hijab Ghalawanji* al-Halqi * acting

v t e Speakers of the Parliament of Syria since 1919 al-Atassi* Muayyad al-Atassi al-Khoury al-Jabiri 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 Hadid Zuabi Kaddoura al-Otari al-Abrash Mohammad Jihad al-Laham *president of the Syrian National Congress †within the UAR

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