Riad Abdul Ra'ouf

Riad Abdul Ra'ouf is a Syrian economist and politician who served as the Minister of Finance.

Coming from an academic background, he is a faculty member at the Faculty of Economics at Damascus University, a member of the Board of Trustees at the Higher Institute of Business Administration, and a Commissioner at the Syrian Securities and Financial Markets Authority.

He holds a PhD in auditing from France (2010), a master's degree in the same field (2005), and a postgraduate diploma from Damascus University (1998). He is fluent in English and French. Abdul Raouf previously chaired the Board of the Syrian Commercial Bank and served as Deputy General Manager of the Syrian Industrial Bank between 2014 and 2016. He was also a member of the steering committee for industrial sector development in Syria and an advisor at the Syrian Securities and Financial Markets Authority. Additionally, he served on the Board of the Insurance Supervision Commission and worked as an expert for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Damascus.