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Muhammad Mustafa Mero
محمد مصطفى ميرو
Prime Minister of Syria
In office
March 13, 2000 – September 10, 2003
PresidentHafez al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad
Preceded byMahmoud Zuabi
Succeeded byMuhammad Naji al-Otari
Personal details
Born1941 (age 82–83)
Al-Tall, Syria
Political partyBaath Party

Muhammad Mustafa Mero (Arabic: محمد مصطفى ميرو) (b. Al-Tall, 1941) is a Syrian politician and a former Prime Minister who served between 2000 and 2003.

Career

Mero attended Damascus University and attained a PhD. in Arabic literature and humanitarian sciences. He joined the Arab Teachers' Union becoming its secretary general for cultural affairs and publications. His earliest official appointments was in 1980 as a mayor of Daraa, a small city on Syria's southern borders with Jordan. In 1986 Mero was appointed as mayor of al-Hasakah in northeast Syria, where he served for seven years. He was promoted to become governor of Aleppo Governorate, which holds Syria's second-biggest city, Aleppo and holds Syria's northern borders with Turkey. Despite regional tensions between Syria and Turkey at the time, he was said to have enjoyed good relations with the Turkish government and was integral in dealings between the two governments.[1]

Prime minister

In March 2000, shortly before the death of President Hafez al-Assad, Mero was appointed as prime minister. His cabinet was announced on 13 March 2000, and was tasked with tackling economic reforms and combatting corruption.[2] After the death of President Hafez al-Assad, he was retained by the new president, Bashar al-Assad, and was promoted within the ranks of the ruling Baath Party. Mero headed a ministerial and commercial delegation to neighboring Iraq in August 2001, becoming the first Syrian prime minister to visit the country since the Gulf War.[2] In December 2001, in an effort to stimulate economic reform, Mero was charged with forming a new cabinet,[1] which saw extensive reorganization with several "pro-reform" ministers appointed to strategic portfolios related to the economy.[2] His premiership also oversaw improving ties with Turkey. In July 2003, Mero became the first Syrian prime minister to visit Turkey in 17 years, where he signed three agreements on health, oil and natural gas, and custom matters.[3] Mero resigned his post in early September 2003, reportedly due to the stagnation of the process of economic reform.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b East, Roger; Thomas, Richard (2003). Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders. Routledge. p. 505. ISBN 185743126X.
  2. ^ a b c d Taylor & Francis Group (2004). Europa World Year Book 2. Taylor & Francis. pp. 4057–4061. ISBN 185743255X.
  3. ^ Bal, İdris (2004). Turkish Foreign Policy in Post Cold War Era. Universal-Publishers. p. 369. ISBN 1581124236.

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