title: Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar
text: # Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar
  
  Dr. Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar (Arabic: محمد نضال الشعار) (born 1956) was Minister of Economy and Trade for Syria, He left the Syrian Cabinet in June 2012.
  
  ## Early life, education and career
  
  Al-Shaar was born in the Aleppo in 1956. He earned a B.A. degree from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Aleppo in 1980, and a Ph.D. in economics from the George Washington University.
  
  From 1996 to 2001 he was a professor in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Aleppo.
  
  