Darem Tabbaa
Syrian politician
Darem Tabbaa (Arabic: دارم الطباع) (born 1958) is a Syrian veterinarian and politician. He was Education Minister from August 2020 until August 2023.
Education
He graduated from Al Baath University as a veterinarian in 1981. He obtained a PhD in virology, epidemiology and public health in veterinary medicine from the University of Leipzig in 1988. He then earned a second PhD in tropical and subtropical animal hygiene from the University of Göttingen in 1998.
Political career
He began working as an expert at the Athens World Health Organization (WHO) Center for Health and Environmental Science Education in the 1990s. From 2015 to 2019 he was Director of the National Center for Educational Curriculum Development. He was later named Assistant Minister of Education.
Academic career
He has been a college dean, and has run a number of international Syrian projects. After working at the central veterinary laboratory in Damascus, he held veterinary teaching positions in the 1980s and 1990s in Syria, and also research jobs.
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