Sufian Allaw

Sufian Allaw
Sufian Allaw
سفيان العلاو‎
	Sufian Allaw in January 2007
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
	In office; 21 February 2006 – 9 February 2013
President	Bashar Assad
Prime Minister	Mohammad Naji Al Otari; Adel Safar
Preceded by	Ibrahim Haddad
Succeeded by	Suleiman Al Abbas
Personal details
Born	1944 (age 79–80); Damascus, Syria
Political party	Ba'ath Party
Children	Five
Residence	Damascus
Alma mater	University of Aleppo

Sufian Allaw (Arabic: سفيان العلاو; born 1944) is a Syrian former politician who served as the oil minister of Syria from 2006 to 2013.

Early life and education

Allaw was born in Abu Kamal in Deir ez-Zor Governorate in 1944. He earned a degree in electrical and mechanical engineering from University of Aleppo in 1966.

Career

Allaw worked as an engineer at the Syrian telecommunications establishment from 1966 to 1967. Then he was named as the investment director of the facility at the general establishment of the Euphrates dam from 1967 to 1980. He served as an engineer at the ministry of irrigation from 1980 to 1983 and at the prime ministry for energy affairs from 1983 to 1984. He became deputy electricity minister in 1984 and was in office until 2004. He served as an expert at the state planning commission from 2004 to 2005 and at the energy department at the United Nations' economic and social commission for Western Asia in 2004.

He later was appointed oil minister to the cabinet headed by Mohammad Naji Otari on 11 February 2006.^[1] In the April 2011 after the cabinet was reshuffled he retained his post and also served in the cabinet of Adel Safar.^[2] His term as oil minister ended on 9 February 2013, being replaced by Suleiman Al Abbas.^[3]

Personal life

Allaw is married to Basmaa Allaw with five children.

References

^ "Syria's new government line-up". Lebanon Wire. Damascus. 12 February 2006. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
^ "Assad keeps Moualem as foreign minister in new govt". Amman. Reuters. 14 April 2011. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
^ "Assad reshuffles cabinet, warplanes raid Damascus". Khaleej Times. Damascus. Agence France-Presse. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

[1] "Syria's new government line-up". Lebanon Wire. Damascus. 12 February 2006. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

[reu14apr-2] "Assad keeps Moualem as foreign minister in new govt". Amman. Reuters. 14 April 2011. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

[ktimes9feb-3] "Assad reshuffles cabinet, warplanes raid Damascus". Khaleej Times. Damascus. Agence France-Presse. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

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