Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji

Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (Arabic: عمر ابراهيم غلاونجي‎, ‘Umar Ibrāhīm Ğalāwanjī; born 1954) is a Syrian politician who was the caretaker Prime Minister of Syria in August 2012, following the defection of Riyad Farid Hijab.

Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji
Prime Minister of Syria
Acting
In office
6 August 2012 – 9 August 2012
PresidentBashar Al-Assad
Preceded byRiyad Farid Hijab
Succeeded byWael Nader al-Halqi
Deputy Prime Minister for Service Affairs
Assumed office
23 June 2012
Prime MinisterRiyad Farid Hijab
Wael Nader al-Halqi
Imad Khamis
Minister of Local Administration
Assumed office
18 September 2008
Prime MinisterMuhammad Naji al-Otari
Adel Safar
Riyad Farid Hijab
Wael Nader al-Halqi
Imad Khamis
Preceded byHammoud al-Hussein
Personal details
Born1954 (age 65–66)
Tartus, Syria
Political partyIndependent [1]
Alma materTishreen University

Early life and education

Ghalawanji was born in 1954 to a Sunni family residing in the Tartus Governorate.[2] He earned a degree in civil engineering from the Tishreen University in 1978.

Career

Ghalawanji was the director of a number of the Military Housing Establishment's directorates from 1978 to 2000. He was also the deputy chairman of Lattakia City Council from 1997 to 2000. He served as the director of the General Housing Establishment, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Arab Housing Ministers Council and of the Board of Directors of the Arab Union Contracting Company.

Prime Minister

On 6 August 2012, Ghalawanji was announced as the head of a Syrian caretaker government, succeeding prime minister Riyad Farid Hijab.[3][4]

Personal life

Ghalawanji is married and has three daughters and a son.

See also
  • Cabinet of Syria

References
  1. "أول رئيس حكومة"غير بعثي"منذ 1963...مصدر رفيع لسيريانديز:غلاونجي باق في الفترة القادمة" [The first Prime Minister since 1963 not to belong to the Ba'ath Party ... A senior source to SyrianDays: Ghalawanji will remain for the next period.] (in Arabic). syriandays.com. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2015. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. "Syria Designations; Non-proliferation Designations". US Department of the Treasury. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  3. "Syrian PM sacked – state TV". RT. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  4. "Syrian prime minister joins opposition". Al Jazeera. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by
Riyad Farid Hijab		 Prime Minister of Syria
Acting
2012		 Succeeded by
Wael Nader al-Halqi
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