Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni

Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni عماد عبد الغني الصابوني

Minister of Communications and Technology
In office 8 December 2007 – 27 August 2014
Prime Minister	Mohammad Najji Outri Adel Safar Riyad Farid Hijab Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji Wael Nader al-Halqi
Preceded by	Amr Nazir Salem
Succeeded by	Mohammed Ghazi Al-Jalali

Personal details
Born	1964 (age 59–60) Damascus, Syria
Political party	Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Children	two
Alma mater	National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble (Ph.D.), Engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Télécommunications Bretagne (Télécom Bretagne)

Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni (Arabic: عماد عبد الغني الصابوني) (born 1964 in Damascus) is the former Minister of Communications and Technology of Syria.^[1] ^[2]^[3]

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 Superieure des Télécommunications (Télécom Bretagne) 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 Technical Committee on Using the Arabic Language in Information Technology's Syrian Secretariat.
Participated in work teams at the Arab League, the International Telecommunication Union and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA).

Personal life

Sabouni is married and has two daughters.

References

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Minister of Communications and Technology Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni, SANA
Biography of the new Syrian government 2011 - the names and lives of government ministers, Syria FM, 17 April 2011