Prime Minister Dr. Adel Safar

• Dr. Safar was born in Damascus countryside in 1953. He graduated from Damascus University, Faculty of Agriculture in 1977. He got a diploma from the Higher National School for Agriculture and Food Industries (NANCY) in 1983. He got a PHD. in Biotechnology in 1987.

- An agronomist at the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Lands and Dry Zones (ACSAD),1978 -1981.

- A delegate lecturer to the Higher National School for Agriculture and Food Industries (NANCY),1981-1987.

- Faculty of Agriculture Secretary at Damascus University,1992-1997

- Member of the Permanent Committee for Agricultural Research at Damascus University.1996-2001

- Deputy of the rapporteur of Agriculture sciences and veterinary medicine committee,1997-2001:

- Dean of Agriculture Faculty at Damascus University, 1997-2000

-  Secretary of Damascus University Branch of al-Baath Arab Socialist Party, 2000-2002.

- Chairman of the national committee for biosphere in Syria, 2000-2004.

- Director-General of the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Lands and Dry Zones (ACSAD), 2002-2003:

- Minister of Agriculture, 2003-2011 

- Married with four children.