Muhammad Naji al-Otari (Arabic: محمد ناجي عطري, romanized: Muḥammad Nājī al-'Uṭrī, also Etri, Itri and Otri; born 1 January 1944)[1] is a Syrian politician who was Prime Minister of Syria from 2003 to 2011.

[2] Born in Aleppo in 1944, Otari studied architecture and has a diploma in urban planning from the Netherlands.

In March 2000, he was also appointed deputy prime minister for services affairs and he served in this post until 2003.

His nomination has been said to combine both "technocratic and Ba'athist trends" in Syrian politics.

[2] On 3 April 2011, President Assad appointed Adel Safar to succeed Otari.