Bouthaina Shaaban (Arabic: بثينة شعبان; born 1953) is a Syrian politician who served as political and media adviser to the presidency under Bashar al-Assad until his overthrow in 2024.

She has been a member of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party since the age of 16.

[2] Shaaban was particularly visible in English-speaking media after the Valentine's Day 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, when she participated in several television interviews and wrote several op-ed pieces attacking the United Nations probe into Syrian involvement in the murder and insisted that Israel and the United States were responsible for Hariri's assassination.

[13] She remained part of the Ba'athist government until its end, serving as Political and Media Adviser to Bashar al-Assad until his overthrow in 2024.

It was reported that During the fall of Damascus in 2024, President Bashar al-Assad kept his plans to flee the country secret from most officials, including members of his own family.