Farouk al-Sharaa

Farouk al - Sharaa (Arabic فاروق الشرع, French Farouk al - Chareh, born December 10, 1938 in Daraa ) is a Syrian politician and diplomat. Sharaa was from 1984, Syrian Foreign Minister, since 2006 he is Vice -President of Syria.

In January 2012, the failure of a plan of the Arab League (AL), according to which the powers of President Bashar al -Assad to Farouk al - Sharaa would have to be passed. In contrast, had argued, among other things, Iraq. The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al -Maliki feared that a fall of Assad would lead to a unversöhlichen fight in Syria. Members of the Iraqi government, had also expressed concern that the coming to power of a Sunni could lead to a renewed uprising in the western Iraqi province of Anbar. In Syria it was nationwide come to mass demonstrations for Assad because of this plan. The supporters of the president saw this as a " gross violation of Syrian sovereignty."

In an interview to the Al Arabiya on 18 August 2012, said a spokesman for the FSA that Farouk al - Sharaa have fled to Jordan. The government denied this. On August 26 Sharaa occurred after more than a month back to the public. He appeared before a meeting with an Iranian official in Damascus. On 8 July 2013, the entire leadership of the ruling Baath Party was released, including al - Sharaa, but officially further acts as Vice President.