Government Name: | Council of Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic |
Date: | 1930 (Constitution of Syria) |
State: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Address: | Government building, Damascus, Syria |
Appointed: | President |
Leader Title: | Prime Minister |
Ministries: | 28 |
Responsible: | People's Assembly and the President |
Url: | www.pministry.gov.sy |
The Cabinet of Syria (Arabic: مجلس وزراء سوريا, majlis wuzara' suria) or Council of Ministers is the chief executive body of the Syrian Arab Republic.
According to the Constitution of Syria:[1]
Appointment:[2]
Powers:
Removal:
See main article: Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali government. President Bashar al-Assad accepted the entire cabinet's resignation after a meeting on 29 March 2011.[3] Al-Assad then appointed outgoing Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Otari to continue as caretaker prime minister until a new government is appointed.[4] On 3 April 2011, Assad appointed Minister of Agriculture Adel Safar the new prime minister.[5] On 6 April 2011, the state-run al-Ekhbariya TV channel said that Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, Minister of Defense Dawoud Rajiha, Minister of Endowment and Religious Affairs Mohammed Abdul-Sattar Al Sayed, and Minister of Presidential Palace Affairs Mansour Fadlallah Azzam would remain in the new cabinet.[6] On 9 April 2011, DayPress News reported the new cabinet was expected to be announced in the next week.[7] On 14 April 2011, a new cabinet was officially announced.[8] [9]
On 9 February 2013, president Assad changed seven ministers in the cabinet.[10] The cabinet reshuffle included the ministries of oil, finance, social affairs, labor, housing, public works and agriculture.[11]
In July 2016, president Assad issued Decree no. 203 for 2016 which listed the new Syrian government.[12]
The first Hussein Arnous government was formed after 2020 Syrian parliamentary election.[13] A new government was formed after 2021 Syrian presidential election under Hussein Arnous.
On 14 September 2024, president al-Assad issued a decree charging Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali with the task of forming a new cabinet.[14] On 23 September 2024, president al-Assad issued a decree forming the new ministry with Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali as the head of it.
Office | Incumbent | Party | Since |
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Prime Minister | Ba'ath Party | 14 September 2024 | |
Ba'ath Party | 28 April 2022 | ||
Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister | Ba'ath Party | 23 September 2024 | |
23 September 2024 | |||
23 September 2024 | |||
Electricity Minister | 23 September 2024 | ||
Firas Hassan Kaddour[15] | 29 March 2023 | ||
Culture Minister | Syrian Social Nationalist Party | 23 September 2024 | |
Information Minister | 23 September 2024 | ||
Awqaf (Religious Endowments) Minister | Ba'ath Party | 8 December 2007 | |
Transport Minister | 30 August 2020 | ||
Justice Minister | 30 August 2020 | ||
23 September 2024 | |||
Interior Minister | Ba'ath Party | 26 November 2018 | |
Communications and Technology Minister | 26 November 2018 | ||
Water Resources Minister | 23 September 2024 | ||
23 September 2024 | |||
23 September 2024 | |||
23 September 2024 | |||
8 August 2023 | |||
23 September 2024 | |||
23 September 2024 | |||
23 September 2024 | |||
23 September 2024 | |||
Mohammad Rami Radwan Martini[16] | 26 November 2018 | ||
Administrative Development Minister | 29 March 2017 | ||
Minister of State for People's Assembly Affairs | Syrian Communist Party (Unified) | 29 March 2023 | |
Minister of State for Investment Affairs, Vital Projects and Southern Development | Arab Democratic Union Party | 23 September 2024 | |