Bouthaina Shaaban بثينة شعبان | |
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1st Minister of Expatriates | |
In office 2002 – 30 July 2008 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Joseph Sweid |
Political and Media Adviser to the Presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic | |
Assumed office 2008 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1953 (age 70–71) Masudiyah, Homs, Syria[1] |
Political party | Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Bouthaina Shaaban (Arabic: بثينة شعبان; born 1953) is a Syrian politician and political and media adviser to the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad. Shaaban served as the first Minister of Expatriates for the Syrian Arab Republic, between 2002 and 2008,[2] and has been described as the Syrian government's face to the outside world.[3]