Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni عماد عبد الغني الصابوني | |
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Minister of Communications and Technology | |
In office 8 December 2007 – 27 August 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Mohammad Najji Outri Adel Safar Riyad Farid Hijab Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji Wael Nader al-Halqi |
Preceded by | Amr Nazir Salem |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali |
Personal details | |
Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Damascus, Syria |
Political party | Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Children | two |
Alma mater | National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble (Ph.D.), Engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Télécommunications Bretagne (Télécom Bretagne) |
Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni (Arabic: عماد عبد الغني الصابوني) (born 1964 in Damascus) is the former Minister of Communications and Technology of Syria.[1] [2][3]
Early life, education and career
Sabouni was born in Damascus in 1964. He earned a Ph.D. degree from National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France. He also earned a degree in Engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Télécommunications (Télécom Bretagne) in Brest, France.
- Director General of the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment, 2003–2006.
- Chairman of the Syrian Computer Society.
- Advisor to Minister of Communications and Technology.
- Participated in composing the dictionary of Computer Terms published by the Syrian Computer Society.
- Member of the Technical Committee on Using the Arabic Language in Information Technology's Syrian Secretariat.
- Participated in work teams at the Arab League, the International Telecommunication Union and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA).
Personal life
Sabouni is married and has two daughters.
See also
References
- Minister of Communications and Technology Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni, SANA
- Biography of the new Syrian government 2011 - the names and lives of government ministers, Syria FM, 17 April 2011
External links
- Ministry of Communications and Technology official government website
Categories:
- Ministers of communication of Syria
- Syrian engineers
- Computer engineers
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region politicians
- Politicians from Damascus
- Grenoble Institute of Technology alumni
- 20th-century Syrian engineers
- 21st-century Syrian engineers
- 21st-century Syrian politicians
- Syrian politician stubs