Mohammad Yasser Ghazal

Mohammad Yasser Ghazal (Arabic: ‎محمد ياسر غزال, romanized: Muḥammad Yāsir Ghazāl; born 1988) is a Syrian civil engineer and public official, who currently serves as the incumbent president of the Damascus City Council and deputy minister of Local Administration. He previously served from 10-to-15 December 2024 as acting governor of Damascus, before being succeeded by Maher Marwan. He is known for his role in the transitional administration of Damascus, following its capture by opposition forces and fall of the Assad regime during the Syrian civil war. Ghazal has been tasked with restructuring governance in the capital as part of efforts by the Syrian transitional government to unify opposition-held territories with Damascus.