Jordan Daily - Syria has appointed Safwat Raslan, head of the Syrian Development Fund, as the country’s new central bank governor, while former governor Abdelkader Husriyeh has been named ambassador to Canada, state media reported Friday.
Raslan was appointed director-general of the Syrian Development Fund in 2025. The fund, launched after Assad's ouster, was set up as a state-backed vehicle to mobilize money for reconstruction and development projects.
Raslan, a former banker fled Syria to Germany as a refugee during the country's civil war and obtained citizenship there.
