Judge Tayseer Qala Awwad (born 1943) is the current Minister of Justice of Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

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Early life, education and career

Awwad was born in Damascus

Damascus

Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...

 in 1943 and earned a law degree from the University of Damascus

University of Damascus

The University of Damascus is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus and has campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 through the merger of the School of Medicine and the Institute of Law , also making it the oldest university in modern-day Syria...

 School of Law in 1974. He is member of the Higher Judiciary Council.

He has been a Justice of the Peace, a military judge, the President of a military court, the President of the Judicial Inspection Department at the Ministry of Justice, and a member of the Supreme Judicial Council. He was Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into crimes committed in the shield.

External links

• Ministry of Justice official government website