Wael Nader al-Halqi

Wael Nader Al-Halqi (Arabic: وائل نادر الحلقي, romanized: Wāʾil Nādir al-Ḥalqī; born 4 February 1964) is a Syrian politician who was Prime Minister of Syria from 2012 to 2016.

Halqi was born in Jasim in the Daraa Governorate on 4 February 1964 into a Sunni Muslim family.

[4] Halqi served as director of primary health care in Jasim from 1997 to 2000 and was secretary of the Daraa branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party from 2000 to 2004.

[4] He was appointed as Prime Minister of Syria on 9 August 2012 by President Bashar al-Assad, after his predecessor Riyad Farid Hijab fled to Jordan and declared his allegiance to the Syrian opposition.

In April 2013, Halqi survived an apparent assassination attempt by car bombing in the Mezzeh district of Damascus.

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