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| Sufian Allaw | |
|---|---|
| سفيان العلاو | |
 Sufian Allaw in January 2007 | |
| Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources | |
| In office 21 February 2006 – 9 February 2013 | |
| President | Bashar Assad |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Naji Al Otari Adel Safar |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Haddad |
| Succeeded by | Suleiman Al Abbas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) Damascus, Syria |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Children | Five |
| Residence | Damascus |
| Alma mater | University of Aleppo |
Sufian Allaw (Arabic: سفيان العلاو; born 1944) is a Syrian former politician who served as the oil minister of Syria from 2006 to 2013.
Early life and education
Allaw was born in Abu Kamal in Deir ez-Zor Governorate in 1944. He earned a degree in electrical and mechanical engineering from University of Aleppo in 1966.
Career
Allaw worked as an engineer at the Syrian telecommunications establishment from 1966 to 1967. Then he was named as the investment director of the facility at the general establishment of the Euphrates dam from 1967 to 1980. He served as an engineer at the ministry of irrigation from 1980 to 1983 and at the prime ministry for energy affairs from 1983 to 1984. He became deputy electricity minister in 1984 and was in office until 2004. He served as an expert at the state planning commission from 2004 to 2005 and at the energy department at the United Nations' economic and social commission for Western Asia in 2004.
He later was appointed oil minister to the cabinet headed by Mohammad Naji Otari on 11 February 2006. In the April 2011 after the cabinet was reshuffled he retained his post and also served in the cabinet of Adel Safar. His term as oil minister ended on 9 February 2013, being replaced by Suleiman Al Abbas.
Personal life
Allaw is married to Basmaa Allaw with five children.
References
- "Syria's new government line-up". Lebanon Wire. Damascus. 12 February 2006. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- "Assad keeps Moualem as foreign minister in new govt". Amman. Reuters. 14 April 2011. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- "Assad reshuffles cabinet, warplanes raid Damascus". Khaleej Times. Damascus. Agence France-Presse. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.