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 the People's Council
In office 9 March 2003 – 18 September 2003
Preceded by	Abdel Kader Kaddoura
Succeeded by	Mahmoud al-Abrash
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office 21 June 2000 – 8 July 2013
Personal details
Born	1944 (age 71–72) Aleppo, Syria
Political party	Ba'ath Party
Other political affiliations	National Progressive Front
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 and education

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

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

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 out of protest against the regime.^[1] On 3 April 2011, President Assad appointed Adel Safar to succeed Otri.

References

1 2 Syrian cabinet resigns amid unrest, says state TV, BBC News, 29 March 2011
1 2 "Profile: Mohammed Naji al-Otari". BBC News. 11 September 2003.
1 2 Mabardi, Roueida (10 September 2003). "Assad asks Otri to form new government". Middle East Online. Damascus. Retrieved 10 February 2013.

Political offices
Preceded by Abdel Kader Kaddoura	Speaker of Parliament of Syria 2003	Succeeded by Mahmoud al-Abrash
Preceded by Muhammad Mustafa Mero	Prime Minister of Syria 2003–2011	Succeeded by Adel Safar

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 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 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)	Kahala Sarraj

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 Khamis

* acting

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 al-Laham Abbas

*president of the Syrian National Congress †within the UAR

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