Riyad Farid Hijab
Riyad Farid Hijab | |
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| رياض فريد حجاب | |
Hijab at the 2016 Munich Security Conference | |
| Prime Minister of Syria | |
| In office 23 June 2012 – 6 August 2012 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Adel Safar |
| Succeeded by | Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (Acting) |
| Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform | |
| In office 14 April 2011 – 6 August 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Adel Safar |
| Preceded by | Adel Safar |
| Succeeded by | Subhi Ahmad al-Abdullah |
| Governor of Latakia | |
| In office February 2011 – April 2011 | |
| Governor of Quneitra | |
| In office 2008–2011 | |
| Secretary of the branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Deir ez-Zor | |
| In office 2004–2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 (age 58–59) Deir ez-Zor, Syria |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party (until 7 August 2012) |
| Other political affiliations | National Progressive Front (before 2012) |
Riyad Farid Hijab (Arabic: رياض فريد حجاب, romanized: Riyāḍ Farīd Ḥijāb; born 1966) is a Syrian politician. He was Prime Minister of Syria from June to August 2012, serving under President Bashar al-Assad. From 2011 to 2012, he was Minister of Agriculture.
On 6 August 2012, the Syrian government released a statement saying that Hijab had been dismissed. Shortly thereafter, a man describing himself as Hijab's spokesman and several news organizations stated he had defected to the side of the Syrian opposition involved in the Syrian civil war. Hijab managed to escape to Jordan with 45 members of his family, with the help of a large number of members of the Free Syrian Army.