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Riyad Farid Hijab

1966 - Today

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Riyad Farid Hijab (born 1966) is a Syrian politician and engineer who served as Prime Minister of Syria from June to August 2012 under President Bashar al-Assad. He previously served as Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform from 2011 to 2012. On 6 August 2012, the Government of Syria announced that Hijab had been dismissed from office. Shortly thereafter, a man identifying himself as Hijab’s spokesman, along with multiple media outlets, confirmed that Hijab had defected to the Syrian opposition amid the ongoing civil war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Riyad Farid Hijab is the 15,512th most popular politician (up from 16,980th in 2024), the 181st most popular biography from Syria (up from 186th in 2019) and the 90th most popular Syrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Riyad Farid Hijab ranks 15,512 out of 19,576. Before him are Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Jagmeet Singh, Zvonimir Serdarušić, Hui Liangyu, Julio Anguita, and Aldfrith of Northumbria. After him are Máximo Tajes, Li Shangfu, José Manuel García-Margallo, Lazarus Salii, Lorenzo Latorre, and Hervé de Charette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Riyad Farid Hijab ranks 259. Before him are Oh Eun-sun, Najwa Karam, Aminatou Haidar, Vivian Wu, Trine Hattestad, and Brian Shaw. After him are Viatcheslav Ekimov, Jan Boklöv, Eva LaRue, Attilio Lombardo, Jorge González, and Ken Sugimori.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Riyad Farid Hijab ranks 181 out of 210. Before him are Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903), Mohammed al-Bashir (null), Abu Shama (1203), Mazloum Abdi (1967), Wafa Sultan (1958), and Moaz al-Khatib (1960). After him are Omar Souleyman (1966), Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali (1969), Maximos IV Sayegh (1878), Abdulbaset Sieda (1956), Abu Mohammad al-Adnani (1977), and Ghada Shouaa (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Riyad Farid Hijab ranks 90. Before him are Rezin (null), Ila-kabkabu (-1850), Ali Farzat (1951), Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903), Mohammed al-Bashir (null), and Moaz al-Khatib (1960). After him are Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali (1969), Abdulbaset Sieda (1956), Randa Kassis (1970), Hevrin Khalaf (1984), Naser Khader (1963), and Rima Hassan (1992).

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