15 Facts About Qadri Jamil

Qadri Jamil is a Syrian politician, media editor and economist.

Qadri Jamil is one of the top leaders of the People's Will Party and the Popular Front for Change and Liberation, and a former member of the Syrian government, having been dismissed from the post of deputy prime minister for economic affairs; minister of internal trade and consumer Protection on 29 October 2013.

Qadri Jamil graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in the Science of Economics.

Qadri Jamil went on to become a professor in the State Institute for Socio-Economic Development Planning in Damascus.

Qadri Jamil was married to the daughter of Khalid Bakdash, a Syrian politician who was the Secretary-General of the Syrian Communist Party and the first communist to be an elected member of an Arab parliament in 1954.

Qadri Jamil is originally from a Kurdish family, that immigrated to Syria escaping from the Ottoman rulers.

Qadri Jamil called on the government to release all political detainees.

Qadri Jamil described any western interference in Syrian affairs as an "occupation" and said that dialogue was the only way to settle the crisis.

Qadri Jamil "thanked" Russia for vetoing a UN Security Council Resolution in December 2011 that would have condemned the Syrian government.

Qadri Jamil was a member of the committee that drafted amendments to the Constitution of Syria in response to the 2011 Syrian uprising.

Just before the official announcement of the election results, Qadri Jamil denounced them as "forged and manipulated", and said they would not be a starting point for political reform in the country.

Qadri Jamil called for the elections to be cancelled and the parliament to be dissolved.

However, in the first government formed after the elections at 23 June 2012, Qadri Jamil was appointed as a Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs; Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection.

In 2012, Qadri Jamil joined with the Lebanese Communist Party and a Lebanese journalist and political figure to form a new leftist television channel, al Yassariya.

Qadri Jamil was removed from office on 29 October 2013, for leaving the country without prior permission and reportedly meeting with US envoy for Syria Robert Stephen Ford to discuss proposed Geneva peace talks.