Riad Abdul Ra'ouf (Arabic: رياض عبد الرؤوف; born 1975) is a Syrian economist and politician who served as the Minister of Finance.
Coming from an academic background, he is a faculty member at the Faculty of Economics at Damascus University, a member of the Board of Trustees at the Higher Institute of Business Administration, and a Commissioner at the Syrian Securities and Financial Markets Authority.
He holds a PhD in auditing from France (2010), a master's degree in the same field (2005), and a postgraduate diploma from Damascus University (1998).
He was also a member of the steering committee for industrial sector development in Syria and an advisor at the Syrian Securities and Financial Markets Authority.
Additionally, he served on the Board of the Insurance Supervision Commission and worked as an expert for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Damascus.