Ahmed Al-Qadri

Ahmed Al-Qadri
أحمد القادري
Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform
In office
9 February 2013 – 30 August 2020
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterWael Nader al-Halqi
Imad Khamis
Preceded bySubhi Ahmed Abdullah
Succeeded byMohammed Hassan Qatana
Personal details
Born1956
Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
Died3 September 2020(2020-09-03) (aged 63–64)
Damascus, Syria
Political partyBa'ath Party
ProfessionAgricultural engineer

Ahmed Al-Qadri (Arabic: أحمد القادري; 1956 – 3 September 2020) was a Syrian agricultural engineer and politician. He held the position of Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform from February 2013 until August 2020 within the Council of Ministers, or cabinet, of Prime Ministers Wael Nader al-Halqi and Imad Khamis.[1]

Al-Qadri died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Syria, at Al Assad University Hospital in Damascus on 3 September 2020. He was the first Syrian government official to die from COVID-19 during the pandemic in Syria.[1]

  1. ^ a b "وفاة وزير الزراعة السوري السابق أحمد القادري بـ«كورونا»". Aawsat.com. 2020-09-04. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-09-18.