Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad issued a decree no. 228 naming Dr. Najah Al-Attar as vice president, said Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Saturday.
"Al-Attar will be charged with following up on the implementation of the cultural policy in the framework of the President's directives," it added.
She obtained Diploma in Islamic Studies in 1956 and PhD in Arabic literature from the University of Edinburgh in in 1958.