Bashar Jaafari Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Bashar Jaafari
Office:Ambassador of Syria to Russia
Predecessor:Riad Haddad
Office1:Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Term Start1:22 November 2020
Term End1:5 October 2022
President1:Bashar al-Assad
Primeminister1:Hussein Arnous
Predecessor1:Faisal Mekdad
Successor1:Bassam al-Sabbagh
Order2:14th
Office2:Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations
President2:Bashar al-Assad
Term Start2:31 July 2006
Term End2:22 November 2020
Predecessor2:Faisal Mekdad
Successor2:Bassam al-Sabbagh
Birth Date:14 April 1956
Birth Place:Damascus, Syria
Nationality:Syrian
Party:Ba'ath Party
Children:3
Alma Mater:University of Damascus
University of Sceaux
University of Paris
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta
Profession:Diplomat

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 and current Syrian ambassador to Russia.[1] [2]

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, a 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.[1]

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 as 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 an 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.[3]

On 22 November 2020, Jaafari became the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.[4]

Personal life

Jafaari is married with three children. He is fluent in Arabic, English, French and Persian.[1]

Books

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: H.E Bashar Ja'afari, PH.D. . Un.int . 15 April 2018.
  2. Web site: NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SYRIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS. United Nations . 31 July 2006.
  3. Web site: 2016-04-02 . كتاب لبشار الجعفري يعزّز ما يُشاع عن أصله الإيراني . 2023-06-18 . العربية . ar.
  4. News: Syria names Faisal Mekdad new FM after Walid al-Moallem dies. Al-Jazeera. 22 November 2020. 23 November 2020.
  5. Web site: The Syrian regime arrests an actor. September 12, 2017. Call Syria. March 8, 2019. November 22, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201122165731/https://nedaa-sy.com/en/news/1561. dead.