{{Short description|Syrian politician (1937–2016)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder |image = |order = |office = Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs |prime_minister = {{ubl|[[Abdul Rauf al-Kasm]]|[[Mahmoud Zuabi]]}} |president = [[Hafez al-Assad]] |term_start = 1985 |term_end = 14 March 2000 |predecessor = |successor = [[Khalid Raad]] |office1 = 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]] |term_start1 = 21 June 2000 |term_end1 = 8 December 2001 |birth_name = Salim Said Yasin |birth_date = {{birth date|1937|10|10|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Latakia]], [[French Mandate of Syria]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2016|3|6|1937|10|10|df=y}} |death_place = Latakia, Syria |spouse = |children = |party = [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Syrian Regional Branch]] of the [[Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] |other_party = |alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Damascus University]]|[[University of Colorado]]}} }} '''Salim Yasin''' ({{langx|ar|سليم سعيد ياسين}}; 10 October 1937 – 6 March 2016) was a [[Syrian people|Syrian]] economist, academic and former deputy prime minister for economic affairs.
==Early life and education== Yasin was born in [[Latakia]] on 10 October 1937.<ref name=aps6may>{{cite news|title=Profile - Dr. Khalid Raad|access-date=9 March 2013 |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SYRIA+-+Profile+-+Dr.+Khalid+Raa'd.-a060304861|work=APS Review Downstream Trends|date=20 March 2000}}</ref> He received a bachelor's degree from [[Damascus University]] in 1960.<ref name=aps6may/> He obtained a master's degree in economics from the [[University of Colorado]] in 1963, and a PhD in 1965.<ref name=aps6may/>
==Career== After his graduation, Yasin began to work as director of the Latakia petroleum installation in 1960 and served there for one year.<ref name=aps6may/> From 1961 to 1965 he worked as a civil servant.<ref name=aps6may/> Then he served as assistant professor of economics at the [[University of Aleppo]] from 1966 to 1970.<ref name=aps6may/> He was appointed vice dean of the faculty of commerce of the same university and his tenure lasted from 1967 to 1969.<ref name=wreport02>{{cite journal|author=Sami Moubayed|title=Corruption Trials in Damascus: A Popular New Trend?|journal=[[Washington Report on Middle East Affairs]]|date=June–July 2002|pages=31–32|url=http://www.wrmea.org/wrmea-archives/240-washington-report-archives-2000-2005/june-july-2002/4186-corruption-trials-in-damascus-a-popular-new-trend.html|author-link=Sami Moubayed}}</ref> He served as acting president of the [[University of Aleppo]] from 1969 to 1970.<ref name=wreport02/> Then he became associate professor of economics and president of [[Tishreen University]] which he held from 1971 to 1978.<ref name=aps6may/> He was the [[Ministry of Transport (Syria)|transport minister]] in the period 1978–1980 and then minister of planning between 1980 and 1981.<ref name=wreport02/> Next he was named as the [[Ministry of Economy and Trade (Syria)|minister of economy and foreign trade]] in 1981 and was in office until 1985.<ref name=wreport02/>
Yasin was appointed deputy prime minister in 1985.<ref name=aps6may/> Since Prime Minister [[Abdul Rauf al-Kasm|Abdel Rauf Al Kassem]] resigned, a new government was formed led by [[Mahmoud Zuabi]] on 2 November 1987. Yasin retained his post together with other two deputy prime ministers, namely [[Mustafa Tlass]] and Mahmoud Qaddour.<ref>{{cite news|title=Syrian President Picks A New Prime Minister|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/02/world/syrian-president-picks-a-new-prime-minister.html|access-date=9 March 2013|date=2 November 1987 |agency=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> Yasin was in office until March 2000 and replaced by [[Khalid Raad]] in the post. Then Yasin returned to teaching post at [[Damascus University]].<ref name=meib00nov/> Following the death of Hafez al-Assad he was made a member of the Baath Party's [[Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|regional command]] in June 2000.<ref>{{cite book|title=Adaptable Autocrats: Regime Power in Egypt and Syria|year=2012|location=Stanford, CA|publisher=[[Stanford University Press]]|url=https://www.sup.org/books/extra/?id=21653&isbn=0804782091&gvp=1|author=Joshua Stacher|isbn=9780804780629|author-link=Joshua Stacher}}</ref>
===Controversy=== In June 2000, Yasin was arrested and imprisoned on charges of [[embezzlement]] for which former Prime Minister Mahmoud Zuabi was also accused.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Syrian ministers face charges|access-date=9 March 2013|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/848779.stm |work=[[BBC]]|date=24 July 2000}}</ref><ref name=gary00june/> His family assets were also frozen by the government.<ref>{{cite news|author=Brian Whitaker|title=Dictator's son inherits fragile peace|url=http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/syria/syria000611.htm|access-date=9 March 2013|work=Al Bab|date=11 June 2000|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530110429/http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/syria/syria000611.htm|archive-date=30 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Then he was freed in November 2000.<ref name=meib00nov>{{cite journal|title=Yassin back in favor with Bashar|journal=Middle East Intelligence Bulletin|date=November 2000|volume=2|issue=10 |url=http://www.meforum.org/meib/articles/0011_sb.htm}}</ref> However, on 8 December 2001, he and former transport minister [[Mufid Abdul Karim]] were sentenced to ten years in prison and fined for $240 million.<ref name=wreport02/><ref name=gary00june>{{cite journal|author=Gary C. Gambill |title=Syria's Night of Long Knives|journal=Middle East Intelligence Bulletin|url=http://www.meforum.org/meib/articles/0006_s1.htm|volume=2 |date=June 2000|issue=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Alan George|title=Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom|location=London; New York|year=2003 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dFdbVVcKsSIC&pg=PA14|publisher=Zed Books|isbn=978-1-84277-213-3|page=14}}</ref>
==Death== On 6 March 2016, Yasin died in his hometown, Latakia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alboselh.net/node/32400|title=وفاة النائب الأسبق لرئيس مجلس الوزراء السوري الدكتور سليم ياسين .. وسيشيع جثمانه اليوم من داره في اللاذقية إلى مثواه الأخير في مقبرة الروضة بالمدينة|language=ar|date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110162234/http://www.alboselh.net/node/32400|archive-date=10 January 2020 |url-status=usurped|website=alboselh.net}}</ref>
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