Hamza al-Mustafa

Hamza al-Mustafa (; born 1985) is a Syrian politician, academic, researcher, and media executive who served as the Minister of Information between March 2025 and May 2026.

Education and academic career Al-Mustafa holds a PhD from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. He has published several peer-reviewed studies, books, and articles on Syrian political and media issues.

His works include The Virtual Public Sphere in the Syrian Revolution: Characteristics, Trends, and Mechanisms of Public Opinion Formation. He also co-authored The Kurdish Question in Syria: Reality, History, and Myth and Backgrounds of the Revolution: Syrian Studies.

On 29 March 2025, he was appointed as Syria's Minister of Information in the Syrian transitional government. On 9 May 2026, as part of a partial government shuffle, al-Mustafa was dismissed, moved to the foreign ministry, and replaced by Khaled Fawaz Zaarour.