Muhammad al-Bashir

Mohammed al-Bashir, is the HTS-linked prime minister of the so-called "Salvation" Government in Syria.

Dec 2024

After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad’s infamous regime has been toppled.

The rebel groups, led by Islamist Abu Mohammed al Jolani's Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) have installed a transition government to run the country and navigate the turbulent first months of what some are hailing as "Free Syria". This interim government - which says it will be in place until March 2025 to sort out "constitutional issues" - is led by Mohammed al-Bashir.

Al-Bashir has little political profile beyond Idlib province, where rebels had maintained an administration during the long years that Syria’s civil war front lines were frozen. He held a number of ministerial positions in the Syrian Salvation Government, which was the civil administration of a small pocket in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province controlled by HTS.

Background

Born in 1983 in Idlib,, in the Jabal al-Zawiya region.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Faculty of Communications, University of Aleppo, 2007; Bachelor's degree in Sharia and Law from Idlib University; Project Management Certificate, issued by the International Academy of Training, Languages, and Consulting, 2021; Certificate in Planning Principles and Administrative Organization, 2021.

He was head of Precision Instrumentation Department at the Syrian Gas Company, 2011; Director of the Al-Amal Educational Institute; Director of Sharia Education at the Ministry of Endowments, Call, and Guidance; Minister of Development and Humanitarian Affairs in the opposition faction known as the "Salvation Government"; Director of Associations Affairs at the Ministry of Development and Humanitarian Affairs In January 2024, the Shura Council of the Salvation Government elected him prime minister.