Qadri Jamil | |
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Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs | |
In office 23 June 2012 – 29 October 2013 | |
President | Bashar al-Assad |
Prime Minister | Riyad Farid Hijab Wael Nader al-Halqi |
People's Will Party Leader | |
Assumed office 2012 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Popular Front for Change and Liberation Leader | |
Assumed office 7 May 2012 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Personal details | |
Born | Damascus, Syria | 12 June 1952
Political party | People's Will Party |
Other political affiliations | Syrian Communist Party |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Website | kassioun.org |
Qadri Jamil (Arabic: قدري جميل) is a Syrian politician, media editor and economist. He is one of the top leaders of the People's Will Party and the Popular Front for Change and Liberation,[1] and a former member of the Syrian government, having been dismissed from the post of deputy prime minister for economic affairs; minister of internal trade and consumer Protection on 29 October 2013. During a visit to Russia on 21 August 2012 Jamil said that President Bashar Assad's resignation might be considered if the opposition agreed to negotiate a peaceful settlement to the Syrian revolution.[2][3][4]