Maher Hussein al-Sharaa, the brother of rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, has been appointed to head Syria’s Health Ministry, Syrian media reported on Monday.
A May article in the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar described al-Sharaa, 50, as a former deputy health minister under the administration governing territories controlled by his brother before the fall of Bashar Assad's regime.
A gynecologist by training, al-Sharaa previously worked in the Gulf and Turkey before settling in Syria, reportedly concealing his ties to his brother.