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Rima al-Qadiri

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Rima al-Qadiri
ريما القادري
Minister for Social and Labour Affairs
In office
20 August 2015 – 30 August 2020
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterWael Nader al-Halqi (2015)
Imad Khamis (2016–2020)
Preceded byKinda al-Shammat
Succeeded bySalwa Abdullah
Personal details
Born1963 (age 61–62)
Damascus, Syria
Political partyBa'ath Party
EducationDamascus University

Rima al-Qadiri (Arabic: ريما القادري; born 1963) is a Syrian politician who served as Minister for Social and Labour Affairs from 2015 to 2020.

Early life and education

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Rima al-Qadiri was born in 1963 in Damascus, Syria. She graduated from Damascus University's French Literature Department in 1986. After graduating, she worked in various private institutions, as well as at the Commercial Bank of Syria and the Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade. She also joined the Planning and International Cooperation Commission in 2009 as Deputy Chairman, and was appointed Chairperson in 2014.[1]

Career

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She was appointed Minister for Social and Labour Affairs on 20 August 2015 by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, succeeding Kinda al-Shammat, and was officially sworn in on 22 August.[2][3]

In April 2016, she met Syrian expatriates from São Paulo, Brazil, and discussed ways they could support the Syrian government.[4]

She retained her position upon the establishment of the Imad Khamis government on 3 July 2016.[1]

In April 2017, she attended the summit of women affairs ministers from Muslim-majority countries which was held in Mashhad, Iran. She met Shahindokht Molaverdi, then-Vice President for Women and Family Affairs of Iran, on the sidelines of the summit in Iran.[5]

She visited Belarus in August 2017 and met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on 28 August. They discussed ways of providing education to Syrian children in Belarus.[6] Three days prior, on 25 August, she visited a 10-year-old Syrian patient undergoing tumor surgery at the Belarusian Children's Oncology, Hematology and Immunology.[7]

She was sanctioned by the European Union on 14 November 2016 for being a minister in the Syrian government.[8]

She was succeeded by Salwa Abdullah on 30 August 2020.[9]

Post-Assad

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On 4 July 2025, al-Qadiri and Kinda al-Shammat were arrested in Damascus on charges of being involved in the disappearance of hundreds of children.[10][11][12] The Syrian Interior Ministry's media office told Enab Baladi on 6 July that they were arrested based on preliminary findings and testimonies provided by the families of detainees and the disappeared, gathered jointly by the Ministries of Interior and Social Affairs.[13] Their arrests came as part of an official investigative committee established to investigate the disappearance of detained children in orphanages during the Assad regime.[13][14]

References

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  1. ^ a b "New Syrian Government Formed". Syria Times. 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  2. ^ "President al-Assad appoints new ministers of Social Affairs and Internal Trade and Consumer Protection". Syrian Arab News Agency. 20 August 2015. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  3. ^ Zain, Hala; Eyon, Mazen (22 August 2015). "Al-Qadiri sworn in before President al-Assad". Syrian Arab News Agency. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  4. ^ Al-Frieh, Manar; Esmael, Manal (18 April 2016). "Social Affairs Minister meets delegation of Syrian community in Brazil". Syrian Arab News Agency. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Mashhad Hosts Muslim Nations' Ministers for Women Affairs Meet". Financial Tribune. 29 April 2017. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  6. ^ Al-Frieh, Manar; Said, Haifa. "Belarusian President suggests working out recuperation program for Syrian children in Belarus". Syrian Arab News Agency. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Syrian girl with tumor undergoes surgery in Belarus". BelTA. 25 August 2017. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2016/1985 of 14 November 2016 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria". EUR-Lex. Official Journal of the European Union. 14 November 2016. Archived from the original on 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  9. ^ "سلوى عبدالله" [Salwa Abdullah]. Manhom. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Two former Syrian ministers arrested in connection with the investigation into the "children of detainees". Zaman al-Wasl. 4 July 2025. Archived from the original on 4 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  11. ^ Sheiko, Kamal (5 July 2025). "سوريا: قضية «الأطفال المفقودين» تتفاعل... وتوقيف وزيرتين سابقتين" [Syria: The issue of "missing children" escalates... and two former ministers are arrested.]. Asharq Al-Awsat. Archived from the original on 10 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Syria authorities trying to find identities of hundreds of children of disappeared parents, as ex-ministers arrested". The New Arab. 9 July 2025. Archived from the original on 9 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  13. ^ a b ""Interior Ministry" Confirms Arrest of Two Former Ministers to Enab Baladi". Enab Baladi. 7 July 2025. Archived from the original on 10 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  14. ^ "الوزيرتان السابقتان "كندة الشماط وريما القادري" قيد التوقيف: ملف "أطفال المعتقلين" يتفاعل" [Former ministers Kinda Shamat and Rima Al-Qadiri are under arrest: The "children of detainees" file is evolving]. Shaam News Network (in Arabic). 5 July 2025. Archived from the original on 9 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
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