Izzat Traboulsi
Izzat Traboulsi عزة الطرابلسي | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade | |
| In office 17 September 1962 – 8 March 1963 | |
| Preceded by | George Khoury |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Karim Zuhour |
| Governor of the Central Bank of Syria | |
| In office 1956–1961 | |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Hosni al-Sawaf |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 November 1913 Damascus, Syria |
| Died | 6 December 2000 (aged 87) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Political party | Independent |
Izzat Traboulsi LL.M Ph.D.Econ (20 November 1913 – 6 December 2000) (Arabic: عزة الطرابلسي; alternate spelling: Ezzat Traboulsi, عزت الطرابلسي), was a Syrian politician, economist, banker, and writer. He was the first governor of the Central Bank of Syria from 1956 to 1961 and served as Minister of Economy and Trade under the government of Head-of-State Nazim al-Qudsi and Syrian Prime Minister Khalid Al-Azm in 1962. His ideas and actions had an important influence on the Syrian financial institutions.