Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri
Syrian lawyer
Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri is a Syrian Islamic scholar, lawyer, and university professor who serves as the Minister of Endowments in the Syrian transitional government since 29 March 2025.
Early life and education
Shukri was born in Damascus, Syria, in the historic Sarouja district. His father, Mohammed Lutfi Shukri, was a student of Islamic scholars Sheikh Badr al-Din al-Hasani and Sheikh Abu al-Khair al-Maydani.
He completed his primary education at Muawiya School in Sarouja. He later attended Bassam Bakoura Preparatory School and Sami al-Droubi Secondary School, where he earned his high school diploma in 1979.
Shukri pursued higher education in multiple disciplines. He first graduated from the Faculty of Islamic Sciences in Damascus in 1987. Then he earned a law degree from Damascus University in 1991. After that, he studied at the Faculty of Arts at the Lebanese University for three years but did not graduate. In 1994, he obtained the title of "Master Lawyer" from the Damascus Bar Association with a thesis on alimony in Syrian personal status law and Islamic jurisprudence.
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