Amjad Badr

Amjad Badr
أمجد بدر
Minister of Agriculture
In office
29 March 2025 – 9 May 2026
PresidentAhmed al-Sharaa
Preceded byMohammed Taha al-Ahmed
Succeeded byBasel al-Suweydan
Personal details
Born1969 (age 56–57)
Suwayda Governorate, Syria
PartyIndependent
EducationDamascus University (BS)
University of Aleppo (PhD)

Amjad Badr (Arabic: أمجد بدر; born 1969) is a Syrian academic and agricultural economist who served as the Minister of Agriculture in the Syrian transitional government between March 2025 and May 2026.

Early life and education

Badr was born in 1969 to a Druze family in Suwayda Governorate. He earned a degree in agricultural engineering from Damascus University in 1993, with a focus on agricultural economics. He later obtained both his master's and doctoral degrees in agricultural economics from the University of Aleppo. During his studies, he conducted research on modern irrigation techniques and their effects on wheat productivity in Syria.

Academic and professional career

Badr has held various research positions at the General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, particularly at the Suwayda Research Center. He has participated in several socio-economic studies related to the agricultural sector and collaborated with the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) on multiple development projects.

He has published peer-reviewed research on wheat productivity, the efficiency of irrigation technologies, and the economic returns of agricultural systems. Badr has also presented papers at international conferences focusing on water resource management and sustainable agriculture.

Ministerial role

Following the formation of the Syrian transitional government in March 2025, Badr was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform. In his inaugural remarks, he emphasized the importance of sustainably utilizing Syria’s environmental diversity to enhance national food security. He aims to implement wide-ranging agricultural reforms to increase productivity and promote responsible use of natural resources.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "تعرّف إلى السير الذاتية لوزراء أول حكومة سورية بعد سقوط نظام الأسد" [Learn about the biographies of ministers in Syria's first government after the fall of the Assad regime]. Syria TV (in Arabic). 30 March 2025. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "أمجد بدر وزيراً للزراعة ورقة خطة الشرع لكسب دروز سوريا" [Amjad Badr appointed Minister of Agriculture: Part of al-Sharaa’s plan to win over Syria’s Druze]. El-manshar (in Arabic). 31 March 2025. Retrieved 5 April 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "President al-Sharaa announces formation of the New Government: We are witnessing the birth of a new phase in our national process". Syrian Arab News Agency. 30 March 2025. Archived from the original on 30 March 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "من هو أمجد بدر وزير الزراعة السوري.. السيرة الذاتية" [Who is Amjad Badr, the Syrian Minister of Agriculture.. Biography]. Oman 44 (in Arabic). 30 March 2025. Retrieved 5 April 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)