President Assad Issues Decree Forming New Syria Government

Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree on Sunday forming a new government under the premiership of the engineer Imad Mohammad Deeb Khamis.

Khamis Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree on Sunday forming a new government under the premiership of the engineer Imad Mohammad Deeb Khamis.

The new government includes also the following ministers:

- General Fahed Jasem al-Freij: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
- Mr. Walid Moallem: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Dr. Muhammad Abdul Sattar: Minister of Endowments (Awqaf).
- Mr. Mansour Fadlallah Azzam, Minister of Presidential Affairs.
- Major General Mohamed Ibrahim Shaar: Minister of Interior Affairs.
- Dr. Hezwan al-Waz: Minister of Education.
- Dr. Najm Hamad Al-Ahmad: Minister of Justice.
- Mr. Hussein Arnous: Minister of Public Works and Housing.
- Mr. Ahmed Qadri: Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform.
- Mr. Bushur Yaziji: Minister of Tourism.
- Dr. Hasan al-Nouri: Minister for Administrative Development.
- Dr. Nizar Wahba al-Yazji: Minister of Public Health.
- Mrs. Rima Qadri: Minister of Labor and Social Affairs.
- Dr. Adib Mayala: Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade.
- Mr. Atef Nadaf: Minister of Higher Education.
- Eng. Hussein Makhlouf: Minister for Local Administration.
- Mr. Ali Ghanem: Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.
- Mr. Mohammad Ramez Turjuman: Minister of Information.
- Mr. Mohammad Zuhair Kharbotly: Minister of Electric Power.
- Dr. Mamoun Hamdan: Minister of Finance.
- Mr. Ahmed Al-Hamow: Minister of Industry.
- Dr. Ali al-Zafeer: Minister of Telecommunications and Technology.
- Mr. Nabil Al-Hassan: Minister of Water Resources.
- Mr. Ali Hammoud: Minister of Transport.
- Dr. Mohammad Al-Ahmad: Minister of Culture.
- Dr. Abdullah al-Gharbi: Minister of Interior Trade and Consumer Protection.
- Dr. Ali Haidar: Minister of State for National Reconciliation.
- Mr. Abdullah Abdullah, Minister of State.
- Mrs. Wafika Hosni, Minister of state.
- Mr. Rafi Abu Saad: Minister of State.
- Ms. Salwa Abdullah: Minister of State.