Bouthaina Shaaban

Bouthaina Shaaban
بثينة شعبان
Shaaban in 2023
1st Minister of Expatriates
In office
2002 – 30 July 2008
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJoseph Sweid
Political and Media Adviser to the Presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office
2008
Personal details
Born1953 (age 70–71)
Masudiyah, Homs, Syria[1]
Political partySyrian 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]

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