Background
Ghalawanji was born in 1954 to a Sunni family residing in the Tartus Governorate.
Ghalawanji was born in 1954 to a Sunni family residing in the Tartus Governorate.
Tishreen University.
He earned a degree in civil engineering from the Tishreen University in 1978. Ghalawanji was the director of a number of the Military Housing Establishment"s directorates from 1978 to 2000. He was also the deputy chairman of Lattakia City Council from 1997 to 2000.
On 6 August 2012, Ghalawanji was announced as the head of a Syrian caretaker government, succeeding prime minister Riyad Farid Hijab.
He served as the director of the General Housing Establishment, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Arab Housing Ministers Council and of the Board of Directors of the Arab Union Contracting Company.