Mahdi Dakhlallah is a Syrian Ba'ath party politician and diplomat.
10 Facts About Mahdi Dakhlallah
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Mahdi Dakhlallah served at different positions, including editor-in-chief, information minister and ambassador.
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Mahdi Dakhlallah studied politics at Zagreb University in former Yugoslavia and received a bachelor's degree.
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Mahdi Dakhlallah is a member of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and is known for his reformist and liberal views.
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Mahdi Dakhlallah worked in the research section at the National Leadership Council from 1983 to 2001.
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Mahdi Dakhlallah called for significant democratic reforms in his editorials.
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Mahdi Dakhlallah was named as the information minister on 4 October 2004, replacing Ahmad Hassan in the post.
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Mahdi Dakhlallah was in office until February 2006 when he was succeeded by Mohsen Bilal in a cabinet reshuffle.
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Mahdi Dakhlallah stated that Syrian media were in a transition period from "dirigiste media" to "media with a purpose", and that constitutions should not be regarded as holy entities and therefore, were subject to modification.
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Mahdi Dakhlallah headed the Strategic Studies Center at Regional Leadership until 2009.