Mahdi Dakhlallah

Mahdi Dakhlallah (; born 1947) is a Syrian Ba'ath party politician and diplomat. He served at different positions, including editor-in-chief, information minister and ambassador.

Early life and education Dakhlallah was born into a Sunni family in the Daraa Governorate in 1947. He studied politics at Zagreb University in former Yugoslavia and received a bachelor's degree.

Dakhlallah served in various governmental positions. He worked in the research section at the National Leadership Council (Arabic: Qiyada Qawmya) from 1983 to 2001. He published two editorials entitled "Reform: Political or Economic?" and "Developing the Social Foundation: Much Work Awaits", in the daily in 2003 and 2004, arguing that both the role and influence of the Ba'ath party should have been reduced. He also called for significant democratic reforms in his editorials.

Dakhlallah was named as the information minister on 4 October 2004, replacing Ahmad Hassan in the post. Dakhlallah was in office until February 2006 when he was succeeded by Mohsen Bilal in a cabinet reshuffle. During his term, Dakhlallah urged the Syrian journalists to adopt a bolder approach. Dakhlallah also stated that Syrian media were in a transition period from "dirigiste media" to "media with a purpose",

Dakhlallah headed the Strategic Studies Center at Regional Leadership until 2009. In October 2009, he was appointed Syrian ambassador to Saudi Arabia.