Abdullah Dardari

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Abdullah al-Dardari
عبد الله الدردري‎
Deputy Prime Minister of Syria for Economic Affairs
In office 2005 – 29 March 2011
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Mohammed Naji al-Otari
Succeeded by	Office disestablished
Personal details
Born	1963 (age 60–61) Damascus, Syria
Political party	Ba'ath Party
Alma mater	University of Southern California Richmond International University University of Grenoble
Occupation	Economist, Journalist

Abdullah Abdel Razzaq al-Dardari (Arabic: عبدالله عبدالرزاق الدردري; born 1963) is a United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and the United Nations Development Program Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Arab States.^[1] Prior to his appointment in 2023, he was the United Nations Development Program's Resident Representative in Kabul, Afghanistan. Previously, he worked for the World Bank. He has also served in several positions in the government of the Syrian Arab Republic.^[2]

In September 2014, he was appointed as Deputy Executive Secretary of Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. On this occasion, he has been criticized for never publicly criticizing Bashar Assad’s current Syrian government.^[3] He has also been accused of maintaining ambiguous relationships with both the various rebel groups and the Syrian Government.^[3]