| Saleh al-Rashed | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Education | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 14 April 2011 |
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| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Adel Safar |
| Preceded by | Ali Sa’d |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 (age 47–48) Aleppo Governorate, Syria |
| Children | two |
| Alma mater | University of Aleppo |
Saleh al-Rashed (born 1964) is the current Minister of Education for Syria, serving since 2011.
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Al-Rashed was born in the Aleppo Governorate in 1964. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science, economics and management, and a postgraduate diploma in international relations from the University of Aleppo. He then earned a master's degree in international relations (thesis: Relations between Syria and the European Union) and a Ph.D. in political science on partnership agreements between the European Union and the Arab countries after the Barcelona Declaration.
During his time at the University of Aleppo:
In 2007 he was appointed Director of Education in Aleppo.
In related experience, he was appointed National Coordinator of the Syria Euro-Mediterranean Youth Project in 2000. He has also been a member of the Technical Committee and a member of the youth auxiliary of the Council of Ministers of Youth and Sports in the Arab League. He has had a number of papers published in periodicals and newspapers, and in 2005 wrote a book about Syria and the European Union and the Mediterranean area.
Al-Rashed is married and has two sons.