Syrian Arab Republic and the IMF
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Office Information
P.O. Box 35296 Amman 11180, Jordan
Email: ysaid@imf.org
fax: (962) 6-5861572
At a Glance
- Date of Membership: April 10, 1947
- Special Drawing Rights (SDR): 564.01 million
- Quota (SDR): 293.6 million
- Number of Arrangements since membership: 3
Institutional engagement and documents
- The page provides information on official IMF reports and Executive Board documents in English that deal with the Syrian Arab Republic.
- Items listed include:
- Executive Board Calendar (Board Discussions on Syrian Arab Republic)
- Article IV Staff Reports
- Financial Position in the Fund
- Transactions with the Fund
- Contact Us
- The last Article IV Executive Board Consultation was on January 9, 2009.
Resident Representative Office (Jordan and Syria) — personnel and backgrounds
- Yahia Khairi Said — Resident Representative
- Yahia Said is currently serving as the Resident Representative for Jordan.
- Previously he worked as a Senior Economist at the IMF Strategy Policy and Review department, specializing on issue of sovereign debt and the external sector.
- Over ten years of Fund service Mr. Said worked on a number of countries in the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia in program and surveillance contexts.
- Prior to joining the Fund Yahia worked at the World Bank, the London School of Economics and Ernst and Young.
- Leen Aghabi — Economist
- Leen Aghabi is an Economist at the Resident Representative Office of the IMF in Jordan.
- Prior, she worked at the World Bank Group (WBG) where her portfolio of advisory projects focused on providing private sector solutions that lay the foundation for sustainable economic growth in the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa.
- Before joining the WBG, Leen served at the Royal Hashemite Court.
- She was also a Research Fellow at the West Asia-North Africa (WANA) Institute.
- Leen holds a Master’s in International Relations, with Merit, from the London School of Economics.
- Sana Almunizel — Economic Analyst
- Sana Al-Munizel is an Economic Analyst at the Jordan Resident Representative Office.
- She previously worked at the Resident Representative Office for Iraq and Yemen, and before joining the Fund, she interned with the United Nations Department for Safety and Security in Jordan.
- She holds a Higher Diploma in Conflict Resolution and a Master’s in Diplomatic Studies and is currently a final-year Ph.D. candidate in Political Science and Governmental Studies.
Key organizational notes and activity status
- Executive Board materials and staff reports related to the Syrian Arab Republic are maintained in English.
- The most recent recorded Executive Board Article IV consultation date is January 9, 2009.