Rima al-Qadiri
Rima al-Qadiri | |
|---|---|
ريما القادري | |
| Minister for Social and Labour Affairs | |
| In office 22 August 2015 – 30 August 2020 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Wael Nader al-Halqi (2015) Imad Khamis (2016–2020) |
| Preceded by | Kinda al-Shamat |
| Succeeded by | Salwa Abdullah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 (age 61–62) Damascus, Syria |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Ba'athist Syria |
Rima al-Qadiri (Arabic: ريما القادري; born 1963) is a Syrian politician who served as Minister of Social Affairs and Labour from 2015 to 2020.
Early life
Rima al-Qadiri was born in 1963 in Damascus, Syria. In 1986 she graduated from the Damascus University from the French Literature Department of the University. She worked in private institutions after graduating. She also worked in the Syrian Commercial bank.[1]
Career
Rima al-Qadiri joined the International Planning and Cooperation Commission as the assistant head in 2009. In 2014 she was promoted to the head of the commission.[1]
She was sworn in as the Minister of Social Affairs on 22 August 2015 by President Bashar al-Assad, succeeding previous minister Kinda al-Shamat.[2]
She met Syrian expatriates from São Paulo, Brazil, and discussed ways they could support the Syrian government.[3]
In April 2017, she attended the summit of women affairs ministers from Muslim-majority countries which was held in Mashhad, Iran. She met Shahindokht Molaverdi, then-Vice President for Women and Family Affairs of Iran, on the sidelines of the summit in Iran.[4]
She visited Belarus in August 2017 and met the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on 28 August. They discussed ways of providing education to Syrian children in Belarus.[5] Three days prior, on 25 August, she visited a 10-year-old Syrian patient undergoing tumor surgery at the Belarusian Children's Oncology, Hematology and Immunology.[6]
References
- ^ a b "New Syrian Government Formed". Syria Times. 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ "Al-Qadiri sworn in before President al-Assad". Syrian Arab News Agency. 22 August 2015. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ "Social Affairs Minister meets delegation of Syrian community in Brazil". Syrian Arab News Agency. 18 April 2016. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ "Mashhad Hosts Muslim Nations' Ministers for Women Affairs Meet". Financial Tribune. 29 April 2017. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ "Belarusian President suggests working out recuperation program for Syrian children in Belarus". Syrian Arab News Agency. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ "Syrian girl with tumor undergoes surgery in Belarus". BelTA. 25 August 2017. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.