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'''Najah Al-Attar''' ({{lang-langx|ar|نجاح العطار}}; born 10 January 1933) is a Syrian politician who has been the [[Vice President of Syria|Vice President]] since 2006. She is the first [[Arab woman]] to have held the post.<ref>{{cite news|title=Syria's First Female Vice President Hailed as Progress for Women|url=http://archive.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=79682&d=24&m=3&y=2006|newspaper=[[Arab News]]|date=24 March 2006|access-date=18 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117222623/http://archive.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=79682&d=24&m=3&y=2006|archive-date=17 January 2012}}</ref> Previously she was minister of culture from 1976 to 2000.