Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji

Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji
عمر ابراهيم غلاونجي
Prime Minister of Syria
Acting
In office
6 August 2012  9 August 2012
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Preceded byRiyad Farid Hijab
Succeeded byWael Nader al-Halqi
Deputy Prime Minister for Service Affairs
In office
23 June 2012  22 June 2016
Prime MinisterAdel Safar
Riyad Farid Hijab
Wael Nader al-Halqi
Minister of Local Administration
In office
14 April 2011  22 June 2016
Prime MinisterAdel Safar
Riyad Farid Hijab
Wael Nader al-Halqi
Preceded byHammoud al-Hussein
Succeeded byHussein Makhlouf
Personal details
Born1954 (age 7071)
Tartus, Syria
Political partyIndependent
Alma materTishreen University

Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (Arabic: عمر ابراهيم غلاونجي, romanized: 'Umar Ibrāhīm Ğalāwanjī; born 1954) is a Syrian politician who was the caretaker prime minister of Syria in August 2012, following the defection of Riyad Farid Hijab.