Hassan al-Ghabbash
Hassan al-Ghabbash is a Syrian doctor and politician. He was the Health Minister between 2020 and 2024.
Education and career
- 1998: Graduated from Faculty of Medicine of Damascus University
- 1998–2002: Otolaryngologist in al-Mouwasat University Hospital
- 2003: Member of the American Academy of ear, nose and throat disease
- 2003–2020: Specialist supervisor doctor at al-Mouwasat University Hospital
- 2014–2017: Head of the Syrian Association of Otorhinolaryngology doctors
- 2017: Member of the Syrian Board and Chairman of the Training Committee for ORL diseases
- 2019: Head of Damascus Doctors Syndicate
- 2020–present: Minister of Health, he has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Syria.
- 2021: Elected to the Executive Council of World Health Organization