Bashar Jaafari

Bashar Jaafari, also Ja'afari, (Arabic: بشار الجعفري‎) (born April 14, 1956) is the former Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.[2][3]

HE Bashar Jaafari بشار الجعفري
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 November 2020
President	Bashar al-Assad
Preceded by	Faisal Meqdad
12th Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations
In office 31 July 2006 – 22 November 2020
President	Bashar al-Assad
Preceded by	Faisal Meqdad
Succeeded by	Bassam al-Sabbagh[1]
Personal details
Born	April 14, 1956 Damascus, Syria
Nationality	Syrian
Political party	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Damascus University of Sceaux University of Paris Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta
Profession	Diplomat

His qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts and French literature, a Diploma of Higher Studies in translation and Arabization from the University of Damascus, a Diploma of International Political Relations from the International Institute of Public Administration, Diploma of Higher Studies in International Organization's Management and a Doctorate 3rd cycle in political science from the University of Sceaux, State Doctorate in Political Science from the Paris University and a State Doctorate in History of Islamic Civilization in South East Asia from the University of Sharif Hedayatullah.[2]

Diplomatic career

Jaafari began his career in 1980 as a diplomat in the Syrian Foreign Ministry. He served as a diplomat in France, until 1983 to the embassy's secretary and adviser to the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations in 1991. He later returned to France, appointed as adviser at the Syrian embassy in Paris in 1997. He was also appointed as the Syrian ambassador to Indonesia in 1998 and as director of the International Organizations Department at the Syrian Foreign Ministry in 2002.[4]

Personal life

Jafaari is married with three children. He is fluent in Arabic, English, French and Persian.[2]

Books

• The Lobbies in the U.S.A (Damascus, 1983)
• The Syrian Foreign Affairs 1946–1982 (Damascus, 1986)
• The United Nations and the New World Order (Damascus, 1994)
• Moslem High Priests of the Far East "Historical Saga on the Way Islam Entered and Spread into the Malay Archipelago (Damascus, 2003)
• The Syrian Politics of Alliances 1918–1982 (Damascus, 2015)

Legal actions

He sued his daughter Yara's former husband the actor Mustafa El Khani in 2017 accusing him of defamation and libel after he accused his son Amir of attacking a police detachment in Damascus in a post on Facebook.[5]

References

1. "Syria names Faisal Mekdad new FM after Walid al-Moallem dies". Al-Jazeera. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
2. "H.E Bashar Ja'afari, PH.D." Un.int. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
3. "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SYRIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS". United Nations. 31 July 2006.
4. "كتاب لبشار الجعفري يعزّز ما يُشاع عن أصله الإيراني" (in Arabic). Al Arabiya.
5. "The Syrian regime arrests an actor". Call Syria. September 12, 2017.

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN