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mohammed imady damascus , syria 220px syrian 31 august 1930 mohammedimady.jpg muhammad al-imadi
 mohammad imady economist
muhammad al-imadi

mohammed imady -lrb- dr. muhammad al-imadi -- الدكتور محمد العمادي -rrb- was born in damascus on august 31 , 1930 to jawdat al-imadi and yissra al-hawasli .
imady is syrian technocrat who tried to introduce economic reforms at a time when syria 's economy when strongly dominated by the socialist ideology of the b'aath party .
he served as deputy minister of planning -lrb- 1968-1972 -rrb- , minister of state for planning affairs -lrb- march 1972 - december 1972 -rrb- , minister of economy and foreign trade -lrb- december 1972 - january 1980 -rrb- , member of parliament -lrb- 1977-1981 -rrb- , president of the arab fund for economic and social development -lrb- september 1979 - may 1985 -rrb- , minister of economy and foreign trade -lrb- may 1985 - december 2001 -rrb- , chair of the board of trustees of the international arab university -lrb- 2004 -- present -rrb- , chair of the board of trustees of the dar al-na ` im orphanage -lrb- 2005 -- present -rrb- , and chairman of the board of commissioners of the syrian commission on financial markets and securities -lrb- february 8 , 2006 - february 8 , 2014 -rrb- .
