{{short description|Syrian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = HE | name = Lamia Assi<br/>لمياء عاصي | image = Lamia Mari Aasi.jpeg | caption = Lamia Assi in 2010 | office = Minister of Tourism | president = Bashar al-Assad | prime_minister = Adel Safar | term_start = 14 April 2011 | term_end = 23 June 2012 | predecessor = Sa’dalla Agha AlQall’a | successor = Hala Al-Nasser | office2 = Minister of Economy and Trade | president2 = Bashar al-Assad | prime_minister2 = Muhammad Naji al-Otari | term_start2 = 19 January 2010 | term_end2 = 29 March 2011 | predecessor2 = Amer Husni Lutfi | successor2 = Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar | office3 = Ambassador to Malaysia | president3 = Bashar al-Assad | term_start3 = 2004 | term_end3 = 2010 | predecessor3 = Amer Husni Lutfi | successor3 = | party = Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|12|27}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | spouse = | children = three }}
'''Lamia Assi''' ({{langx|ar|لمياء عاصي}}) (born December 27, 1955) became a minister of tourism of Syria in 2011. She previously served as the Minister of Economy and Trade and as the Ambassador to Malaysia.
==Early life and education== Assi was born on 17 December 1955. She earned a bachelor's degree in commerce from the University of Damascus, and a master of business administration from the Higher Institute of Business Administration in 2005.<ref name=trust>{{cite web|title=Lamia Assi|url=http://syrdrc.org/en/node/376|publisher=The Syrian Trust for Development|accessdate=10 March 2013}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Career== She served as assistant to the minister of finance for technology from 2002-2004, and was the ambassador to Malaysia from 2004 to 2010.<ref name=trust/> In 2010, she was appointed minister of economy and trade for a brief period,<ref name=lan17apr>{{cite news|last=Landis|first=Joshua|title=Syria's New Government|url=http://www.eurasiareview.com/17042011-syrias-new-government-analysis/|accessdate=10 March 2013|newspaper=Eurasia Review|date=17 April 2011}}</ref> and in 2011, she was appointed minister of tourism.<ref name=lan17apr/>
==Personal life== Assi is married and has three children.
==See also== *Cabinet of Syria
==References== {{Reflist}}
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