title: Hassan al-Ghabbash
text: # Hassan al-Ghabbash
  
  Hassan al-Ghabbash (Arabic: حَسَن الْغَبَّاش) (born 1971) is a Syrian doctor and politician. He has been the Health Minister since 2020.
  
  ## Education and career
  
  * 1998: Graduated from Faculty of Medicine of Damascus University
  * 1998–2002: Otolaryngologist (ORL–H&N) in al-Mouwasat University Hospital
  * 2003: Member of the American Academy of ear, nose and throat disease (ORL)
  * 2003–2020: Specialist supervisor doctor at al-Mouwasat University Hospital
  * 2014–2017: Head of the Syrian Association of Otorhinolaryngology doctors
  * 2017: Member of the Syrian Board and Chairman of the Training Committee for ORL diseases
  * 2019: Head of Damascus Doctors Syndicate
  * 2020–present: Minister of Health, he has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Syria.
  * 2021: Elected to the Executive Council of World Health Organization
  
  ## Personal life
  
  He is married and has two children.
  
  