Riyad Farid Hijab Net Worth

Background and career

Riyad Farid Hijab (born 1966) is a Syrian politician and engineer who served as Prime Minister of Syria from June to August 2012 under President Bashar al-Assad. He previously served as Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform from 2011 to 2012.

On 6 August 2012, the Government of Syria announced that Hijab had been dismissed from office. Shortly thereafter, a man identifying himself as Hijab’s spokesman, along with multiple media outlets, confirmed that Hijab had defected to the Syrian opposition amid the ongoing civil war. With the assistance of the Free Syrian Army, he escaped to Jordan along with 45 members of his extended family. Following his defection, Hijab became a senior figure in the exiled opposition and served as General Coordinator of the High Negotiations Committee from 2015 to 2017.