Riyad Farid Hijab | |
|---|---|
| رياض فريد حجاب | |
.jpg) Hijab at the 2016 Munich Security Conference | |
| Prime Minister of Syria | |
| In office 23 June 2012 – 6 August 2012 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Adel Safar |
| Succeeded by | Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (Acting) |
| Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform | |
| In office 14 April 2011 – 6 August 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Adel Safar |
| Preceded by | Adel Safar |
| Succeeded by | Subhi Ahmad al-Abdullah |
| Governor of Latakia | |
| In office February 2011 – April 2011 | |
| Governor of Quneitra | |
| In office 2008–2011 | |
| Secretary of the branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Deir ez-Zor | |
| In office 2004–2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Deir ez-Zor, Syria |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party (until 7 August 2012) |
| Other political affiliations | National Progressive Front (before 2012) |
Riyad Farid Hijab (Arabic: رياض فريد حجاب, romanized: Riyāḍ Farīd Ḥijāb; born 1966) is a Syrian politician. He was Prime Minister of Syria from June to August 2012, serving under President Bashar al-Assad. From 2011 to 2012, he was Minister of Agriculture.
On 6 August 2012, the Syrian government released a statement saying that Hijab had been dismissed.[citation needed] Shortly thereafter, a man describing himself as Hijab's spokesman and several news organizations stated he had defected to the side of the Syrian opposition involved in the Syrian revolution.[1] Hijab managed to escape to Jordan with 45 members of his family, with the help of a large number of members of the Free Syrian Army.[2]
- ^ "Syrian Prime Minister defects". RTÉ. 6 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ قصة انشقاق حجاب وخروجه من سوريا [The story of Hijab's defection and his exit from Syria]. الجزيرة (in Arabic). 6 August 2012.