Muhammad Naji al-Otri | |
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محمد ناجي عطري | |
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| 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 Assembly of Syria | |
| In office 9 March 2003 – 18 September 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Abdel Kader Kaddoura |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud al-Abrash |
| Member of theRegional Command of theSyrian Regional Branch | |
| In office 21 June 2000 – 8 July 2013 | |
| Governor ofHoms | |
| In office 1993–2000 | |
| Preceded by | Yahya Abu Asli |
| Succeeded by | Hossam al-Din al-Hakim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1944-01-01)1 January 1944 (age 81) |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Other political affiliations | National Progressive Front |
| Cabinet | Al-Otari |
Muhammad Naji al-Otri (Arabic:محمد ناجي عطري,romanized: Muḥammad Nājī al-'Uṭrī, alsoEtri,Itri andOtri; born 1 January 1944)[1] is aSyrian politician who wasPrime Minister of Syria from 2003 to 2011.[2]
Born inAleppo in 1944, Otri studiedarchitecture and has a diploma inurban planning from theNetherlands. He is fluent inFrench,English, andSpanish.[3]
Otri headed the city council in Aleppo from 1983 to 1987 and is a former governor ofHoms. He was president of Aleppo's engineering syndicate from 1989 to 1993. He is a long-serving member of the rulingArab 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.[4] He was elected speaker of the Syrian parliament, or People's Assembly, in March 2003.[4]
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.[3] On 29 March 2011,the entire cabinet resigned following protests against the regime.[2] On 3 April 2011, President Assad appointedAdel Safar to succeed Otri.
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| Preceded by | Speaker of Parliament of Syria 2003 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Syria 2003–2011 | Succeeded by |
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| First Syrian Republic (1930–1950) | |
| Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958) | |
| United Arab Republic (1958–1961) | |
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| Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024) | |
| Transitional period (2024–2025) | |
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