Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji

Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji
عمر ابراهيم غلاونجي
Prime Minister of Syria
Acting
In office
6 August 2012 – 9 August 2012
PresidentBashar Al-Assad
Preceded byRiyad Farid Hijab
Succeeded byWael Nader al-Halqi
Deputy Prime Minister for Service Affairs
In office
23 June 2012 – 22 June 2016
Prime MinisterAdel Safar
Riyad Farid Hijab
Wael Nader al-Halqi
Minister of Local Administration
In office
14 April 2011 – 22 June 2016
Prime MinisterAdel Safar
Riyad Farid Hijab
Wael Nader al-Halqi
Preceded byHammoud al-Hussein
Succeeded byHussein Makhlouf
Personal details
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Tartus, Syria
Political partyIndependent[1]
Alma materTishreen University

Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (Arabic: عمر ابراهيم غلاونجي, romanized'Umar Ibrāhīm Ğalāwanjī; born 1954) is a Syrian politician who was the caretaker prime minister of Syria in August 2012, following the defection of Riyad Farid Hijab.

  1. ^ "أول رئيس حكومة"غير بعثي"منذ 1963...مصدر رفيع لسيريانديز:غلاونجي باق في الفترة القادمة" [The first Prime Minister since 1963 not to belong to the Ba'ath Party ... A senior source to SyrianDays: Ghalawanji will remain for the next period.] (in Arabic). syriandays.com. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2015.