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| Najah al-Attar نجاح العطار | |
|---|---|
| Vice President of Syria | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2006 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Zuhair Masharqa |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 1 December 1976 – 19 January 2000 | |
| President | Hafez al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Maha Qanout |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1933-01-10) January 10, 1933 (age 91) Damascus, Syria |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Other political affiliations | National Progressive Front |
| Profession | Linguist, writer |
Najah Al-Attar (Template:Lang-ar; born 10 January 1933) is the Vice President of Syria. She is the only woman to have held the post and has served since 2006. Alongside Queen Rania of Jordan and the First Lady of Syria, Asma al-Assad, she is one of a small number of women to have held a prominent political role in the Middle East.
Personal background
Najah Al-Attar was born on 10 January 1933 and raised in Damascus, as the daughter of a Shia family. Her father was among the first Arab nationalist leaders who took part in the 1925-1927 Syrian revolt against the French Mandate of Syria.
Career
She studied at the University of Damascus, graduating in 1954, and obtained PhD in Arabic literature from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom in 1958. She also received a number of certificates then in international relations and in literary and art criticism. She is an accomplished translator and started teaching in high schools within Damascus after her return from Scotland, then worked in the Department of Translation of the Syrian Ministry of Culture. In 1976, she was appointed as Minister of Culture until 2000. She has a collection of novels, editorials and significant literature contributions.
Political alignment
Although she is vice-president and served as a long-term minister in Syria, a state largely controlled by the secular Ba'ath Party, her brother, Isam al-Attar is the leader of the Damascus faction of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and has lived in exile in Aachen, West Germany since the 1970s which saw a government persecution of various Islamist political movements.
See also
References
- "Syria's First Female Vice President Hailed as Progress for Women". Arab News. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 18February 2011.
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