Mohammed al-Ahmed (Syrian politician)

Mohammed al-Ahmed
محمد الأحمد
Al-Ahmed in 2025
Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs
Assumed office
10 May 2025
PresidentAhmed al-Sharaa
MinisterAsaad al-Shaibani
Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform
In office
10 December 2024 – 29 March 2025
PresidentAhmed al-Sharaa[a]
Prime MinisterMohammed al-Bashir
Preceded byFayez al-Miqdad
Succeeded byAmjad Badr
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation in the Syrian Salvation Government
In office
2019 – 10 December 2024
Prime Minister
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Economy and Resources in the Syrian Salvation Government
In office
2017 – 16 November 2019
Prime Minister
Personal details
Born1982
Hama, Syria
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (until 2025)
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician, agricultural engineer

Mohammed Taha al-Ahmed (Arabic: محمد طه الأحمد; born 1982) is a Syrian politician who is the current Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs since May 2025, and the former Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform in the Syrian caretaker government,[1] having held the position from December 2024 until March 2025. He had previously served as Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation in the Syrian Salvation Government[2] until December 2024.

Education

Al-Ahmed holds a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Aleppo, earned in 2007. He completed a master's degree in financial and economic assessment of agricultural projects from Cairo University in 2012. In 2020, he received a PhD in agricultural development from the University of Idlib.[2]

Career

During the Syrian civil war, al-Ahmed actively participated in the revolutionary movement from its outset. He served as the Director of the Idlib Administration in 2017 and later became the Director of the Civil Administration for Services.[2]

He served as Minister of Economy and Resources during the first and second terms of the Syrian salvation government. Subsequently, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, a position he held during the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth terms.[2]

In 2024, following the fall of the Assad regime and the decision that ministers of the salvation government will serve in the same roles in the caretaker government until March 2025, al-Ahmed began serving as minister of agriculture and agrarian reform in the Syrian caretaker government under prime minister Mohammed al-Bashir.[1]

On 10 May 2025, he was appointed Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "الحكومة السورية الانتقالية برئاسة البشير تتسلم مقاليد السلطة في دمشق" [The Syrian Transitional Government headed by al-Bashir assumes power in Damascus]. Al Jazeera (in Arabic). 10 December 2024. Archived from the original on 10 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "حكومة الإنقاذ السورية: وزير الزراعة والري" [Syrian Salvation Government: Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation]. Syrian Salvation Government (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 9 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  3. ^ "تعيين الدكتور محمد الأحمد معاوناً لوزير الخارجية للشؤون العربية" [Dr. Mohammed al-Ahmed appointed Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs]. Al-Fedaa (in Arabic). 10 May 2025. Archived from the original on 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.

Notes

  1. ^ As de facto leader until 29 January 2025.