Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni

Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni عماد عبد الغني الصابوني
Minister of Communications and Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 December 2007
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Mohammad Najji Outri Adel Safar
Preceded by	self
Personal details
Born	1964 (age 47–48) Damascus, Syria
Children	two
Alma mater	National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble (Ph.D.), Engineering from Ecole Nationale Supérieur des Télécommunications

Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni (Arabic: عماد عبد الغني الصابوني‎) (b. Damascus, 1964) is the current minister of communications and technology of Syria.^[1]

Early life, education and career

Sabouni was born in Damascus in 1964. He earned a Ph.D. degree from National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France. He also earned a degree in Engineering from Ecole Nationale Supérieur des Télécommunications in Brest, France.

Director General of the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment, 2003 – 2006.
Chairman of the Syrian Computer Society.
Advisor to Minister of communications and Technology.
Participated in composing the dictionary of Computer Terms published by the Syrian Computer Society.
Member of the Syrian Secretariat of the Technical Committee on Using the Arabic Language in Information Technology.
Participated in work teams at the Arab League, the International Telecommunications Union and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA).

Sabouni is married with two daughters.