Muhammad Mustafa Mero

Muhammad Mustafa Mero (; 1941 – 22 December 2020) He attended Damascus University. Despite regional tensions between Syria and Turkey at the time, he was said to have enjoyed good relations with the Turkish government and was integral in dealings between the two governments. In June 2000, he became a leading figure in the Ba'ath party. replacing Mahmoud Zuabi, who had been in office since 1987. Mero's cabinet was announced on 13 March 2000, and was tasked with tackling economic reforms and combatting corruption. After the death of Assad in 2000, he was one of a nine-member committee that oversaw the transition period.

He was retained by the new president, Bashar al-Assad, and was promoted within the ranks of the ruling Ba'ath Party. Mero headed a ministerial and commercial delegation to neighboring Iraq in August 2001, becoming the first Syrian prime minister to visit the country since the Gulf War.

Mero resigned from office in early September 2003, reportedly due to the stagnation of the process of economic reform. His term ended in June 2005, and he retired from politics.

Death Mero died from COVID-19 in Al-Tall, on 22 December 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Syria. He was 79 years old.