Farouk al sharaa wikipedia
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Farouk al-Sharaa
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Sharaa
Sharaa, el-Sharaa, Elsharaa, al-Sharaa, or Alsharaa (Arabic: الشرع) is an Arabic surname. Notable people with the surname may include:
- Ahmed al-Sharaa (born 1982), Syrian militant and politician; President of Syria
- Farouk al-Sharaa (born 1938), Syrian politician and diplomat; former Vice President of Syria
- Faysal Shaban Alsharaa, South African cyclist; bronze medalist at the 2009 African Road Championships
- Hussein al-Sharaa (born 1946), Syrian economist and Arab nationalist activist
- Latifa al-Sharaa, First Lady of Syria since 2025.
- Maher al-Sharaa (born 1973), Syrian politician and medical doctor
- Majed al-Sharaa, Jordanian soccer executive at Ittihad Al-Ramtha SC
- Mamoun Sharaa, Arabic author who participated in the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction Nadwa
- Michael Sharaa, U.S. screenwriter, who wrote the screenplay for Gettysburg (1993 film)
- Mnaizel Atiyah Al-Sharaa (born 1957), Jordanian politician; member of the 18th Parliament of Jordan
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Farouk al-Sharaa
Syrian politician and diplomat (born 1938)
Farouk al-Sharaa[a] (born 10 December 1938) is a Syrian politician and diplomat. He was one of the most prominent officials in the Syrian government and served as foreign minister of Syria from 1984 until 2006 when he became a vice president of Syria.[2] His term as vice president ended on 19 July 2014.[1] He is the first cousin of the current President of SyriaAhmed Al-Sharaa.
Early life and education
[edit]Sharaa was born in Daraa[3] on 10 December 1938 to a Sunni Muslim[4][5] family that originates from the Daraa Governorate.[6] He studied English language at the University of Damascus in the 1960s, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature in 1963. In 1971 and 1972 he took courses in international law at the University of London.[7]
Early career (1963–1989)
[edit]In 1963, Sharaa became a member of the Ba'ath Pa