Hisham Al Shaar (born 1958) is a Syrian judge and politician who served as the justice minister between 2017 and 2020.

Biography

Al Shaar was born in Damascus in 1958.[1] He is a judge by profession.[2] As of 2014 he was chief of the Syrian Higher Judicial Committee for Elections.[3] In a cabinet reshuffle dated March 2017 he was appointed justice minister replacing Najm Hamad Al Ahmad in the post.[4] Al Shaar is one of the Syrian politicians who were sanctioned by the European Union in 2017 and 2020.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Financial sanctions" (PDF). EU Council. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Syrian Speaker meets Russian delegation, group of activists from US, Canada". BBC Monitoring Middle East. 3 June 2014. ProQuest 1531531509. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Syrian judicial committee chief says no voting via internet". BBC Monitoring Middle East. London. 31 May 2014. ProQuest 1530671175. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Syria's Assad orders replacement of 3 ministers". Xinhua. Damascus. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "EU extends its sanctions on Syrian regime by a year and takes out sanctions on three ministers". Agence Europa. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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