Mohammad al-Hussein

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{short description|Syrian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Mohammad al-Hussein<br>محمد الحسين |office = [[Ministry of Finance (Syria)|Minister of Finance]] |order = |image = |predecessor = [[Mohammad al-Atrash]] |president = [[Bashar al-Assad]] |prime_minister = [[Muhammad Naji al-Otari]] |successor = [[Mohammad al Jililati]] |office2 = Member of the [[Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Regional Command]] of the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Syrian Regional Branch]] |party = [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Syrian Regional Branch]] of the [[Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] |office1 = Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs |predecessor1 = [[Khalid Raad]] |president1 = [[Bashar al-Assad]] |prime_minister1 = [[Muhammad Mustafa Mero]] |successor1 = |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = |children = |birth_name = |term_start = 18 September 2003 |term_end = 14 April 2011 |term_start1 = 13 December 2001 |term_end1 = 10 September 2003 |term_start2 = 21 June 2000 |term_end2 = 8 July 2013 }}

'''Mohammad al-Hussein''' ({{langx|ar|محمد الحسين}}) is a Syrian economist and politician who is a member of the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Ba'ath Party]]. He served in different cabinet positions.

==Education== Hussein holds a PhD in economy, which he received from a university in [[Romania]].<ref name=freel/>

==Career== Hussein started his career in the public sector and worked for a long time there.<ref name=hin2011>{{cite journal|last=Hinnebusch|first=Raymond|title=The Ba'th Party in Post-Ba'thist Syria: President, Party and the Struggle for 'Reform'|journal=Middle East Critique|year=2011|volume=20|issue=2|pages=109–125|doi=10.1080/19436149.2011.572408|s2cid=144573563}}</ref> He also served as an economy professor at [[Aleppo University]].<ref name=bar2006>{{cite journal|last=Bar|first=Shmuel|title=Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview|journal=IPS|year=2006|url=http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_Uploads/2590Bashars.pdf|access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref> Then he became a member of [[Ba'ath Party (Syria)|the Baath Party]]'s ruling regional command.<ref name=freel/><ref name=hin2011/> In addition, he served as the head of the party's committee of economic affairs.<ref name=freel/> In 2000, he became a member of the party's central committee.<ref name=Maddy-Weitzman2002>{{cite book|author=Bruce Maddy-Weitzman|title=Middle East Contemporary Survey, Vol. 24, 2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r01_GDIeTuUC&pg=PA558|year=2002|publisher=The Moshe Dayan Center|isbn=978-965-224-054-5|pages=558}}</ref><ref name=mou5jul>{{cite journal|last=Moubayed|first=Sami|title=Syria: Reform or Repair?|journal=Arab Reform Bulletin|date=July 2005|volume=3|issue=6|url=http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/Full_Issue3.pdf|access-date=8 March 2013}}</ref>

On 13 December 2001, Hussein was appointed deputy prime minister for economic affairs in [[Cabinet of Syria (2001–2003)|the cabinet]] headed by then prime minister [[Muhammad Mustafa Mero|Mohammad Mustafa Mero]].<ref name=wednesdayr>{{cite web|title=Syria|url=http://www.thewednesdayreport.com/twr/syria/syria.htm|publisher=The Wednesday Report|access-date=24 February 2013}}</ref> Hussein replaced [[Khalid Raad]] as deputy prime minister.<ref name=aps15apr>{{cite news|title=Profile - Dr. Mohammed Al Hussain|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SYRIA+-+Profile+-+Dr.+Mohammed+Al+Hussain.-a084966819|access-date=9 March 2013|newspaper=APS Review Downstream Trends|date=15 April 2002}}</ref> Hussein's term lasted until 2003. In September 2003, he was appointed finance minister, replacing [[Mohammad al-Atrash]].<ref name=medea>{{cite web|title=Syria|url=http://www.medea.be/en/countries/syria/syria/|work=MEDEA|access-date=24 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909232153/http://www.medea.be/en/countries/syria/syria/|archive-date=9 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Events in September 2003|url=http://rulers.org/2003-09.html|publisher=Rulers|access-date=9 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=alba18sept>{{cite news|title=New cabinet formed in Syria|url=http://www.albawaba.com/news/new-cabinet-formed-syria|access-date=24 February 2013|newspaper=Albawaba|date=18 September 2003}}</ref> The cabinet, formed on 18 September 2003, was headed by then prime minister [[Muhammad Naji al-Otari|Mohammad Naji Al Otari]].<ref name=freel>{{cite news|title=Mohammad Naji Al Otari|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SYRIA+-+Muhammad+Naji+Al-Utri.-a0143693376|access-date=24 February 2013|newspaper=Free Library}}</ref><ref name=bbc18sept>{{cite news|title=Syria's PM appoints new cabinet|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3120184.stm|access-date=24 February 2013|publisher=BBC|date=18 September 2003}}</ref> Hussein retained his post in the cabinet reshuffles of 2006 and 2009.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} However, his tenure ended in 2011.<ref name=bara>{{cite news|title=Tax system performance in Syria |url=http://bara-sy.com/news-view-1002.html |work=Bara |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606202715/http://bara-sy.com/news-view-1002.html |archive-date=6 June 2014 }}</ref>

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