Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview Shmuel Bar ...

Main Figures in the Syrian Ba’th Party (Continued)Name Age Role in Ba’th Background Community RemarksCentral Committee Mohammad Riyad ’UjailiCentral Committee Mrs. Maha al-’UmarCentral Committee Mrs. Afaf al-Ra’adCentral Committee Mrs. Fatima al-Ra’adCentral Committee Daoud RajhaCentral Committee Mrs. Joumana RamadanCentral Committee Hammudeh al-SabbaghCentral Committee Mrs. ’Umeima Sa’idCentral Committee Mustafa ‘Abd al-KaderSalehCentral Committee Salam SankarCentral Committee Mohammad al-Sattam SunniCentral Committee ‘Abd al- Nasser Shafi’i SunniCentral Committee Sami TarshaCentral Committee Mrs. Yusra al-Tawwil A member in the CC since 2000Central Committee Colonel Manaf MustafaTlasCentral Committee Mohammad YasinDamaraCentral Committee Deputy Mahmoud HassanZa’atariyaCentral Committee Dr. Jamal ‘Abbasi Secretary Party Branchof U. of DamascusCentral Committee Governor Dr. EngineerMohammad Sa’id ‘AqilSunniSunni A member in the CC since2000; son of former Ministerof Defense Mostafa Tlas.Close to BasharSunni Until 2003 MP on behalf of theworkers & farmers sector,DamascusSunni Governor of DamascusCountryside; formerGovernor of Hama (until2005)440