Adel Safar

Adel Safar
عادل سفر
Prime Minister of Syria
In office
14 April 2011 – 23 June 2012
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Preceded byMuhammad Naji al-Otari
Succeeded byRiyad Farid Hijab
Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform
In office
13 September 2003 – 14 April 2011
Prime MinisterMuhammad Naji al-Otari
Preceded byNabah Jabiri
Succeeded byRiyad Farid Hijab
Personal details
Born1953 (age 70–71)
Damascus, Syria
Political partyBa'ath Party
Other political
affiliations
National Progressive Front
Alma materDamascus University
Superior National School of Agronomy and Food Industries
CabinetSafar

Adel Safar (Arabic: عادل سفر, romanizedʿĀdil Safar, born 1953) is a Syrian politician and academic, who served as Prime Minister of Syria from 14 April 2011 to 23 June 2012. His government was dissolved by Bashar al-Assad as a result of the Syrian parliamentary election in 2012. He was Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform from 2003 to 2011.