Council of Ministers (Syria) explained

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.

Cabinet in Constitution

According to the Constitution of Syria:[1]

Appointment, powers and removal

Appointment:[2]

Powers:

Removal:

Current cabinet

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.

OfficeIncumbentPartySince
Prime MinisterBa'ath Party14 September 2024
Ba'ath Party28 April 2022
Foreign Affairs and Expatriates MinisterBa'ath Party23 September 2024
23 September 2024
23 September 2024
Electricity Minister23 September 2024
Firas Hassan Kaddour[15] 29 March 2023
Culture MinisterSyrian Social Nationalist Party23 September 2024
Information Minister23 September 2024
Awqaf (Religious Endowments) MinisterBa'ath Party8 December 2007
Transport Minister30 August 2020
Justice Minister30 August 2020
23 September 2024
Interior MinisterBa'ath Party26 November 2018
Communications and Technology Minister26 November 2018
Water Resources Minister23 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 Minister29 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 Party23 September 2024

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: English Translation of the Syrian Constitution. 15 February 2012. 28 February 2012. Qordoba.
  2. Web site: Constitutional history of Syria. constitutionniet.org. 11 December 2021.
  3. Web site: Agencies . 2011-03-29 . Syrian cabinet resigns as regime seeks to calm protests . 2022-10-23 . the Guardian . en.
  4. News: 2011-03-29 . Syrian cabinet resigns amid unrest, says state TV . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-10-23.
  5. http://www.dp-news.com/pages/detail.aspx?l=2&articleId=79747 President al-Assad appointed Adel Safar as New PM
  6. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/7341900.html Syrian PM-designate starts consultations to form new cabinet
  7. http://www.dp-news.com/pages/detail.aspx?l=2&articleid=80278 Safar continues Government-Formation
  8. http://www.dp-news.com/pages/detail.aspx?l=2&articleid=80818 Syrian new Cabinet
  9. Web site: Sands . Phil . 2011-04-15 . Syria president appoints new government, orders protesters freed from jail . 2022-10-23 . The National . en.
  10. News: Cabinet Shift Within Syria Seems Aimed at Economy. 9 February 2013. The New York Times. 9 February 2013. Associated Press.
  11. News: Syrian president reshuffles economic Cabinet posts. 9 February 2013. Al Jazeera. 9 February 2013. Associated Press.
  12. Web site: President al-Assad issues Decree no. 203 forming the new Syrian government 3 July 2016. SANA. 3 July 2016. 23 August 2016.
  13. Web site: AFP. French Press Agency-. 2020-08-30. Syria's Assad designates new government headed by PM Arnous. 2021-03-08. Daily Sabah. en-US.
  14. Web site: m.eyon . 2024-09-14 . President Al-Assad issues decree that assigns Dr. Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali to form the new cabinet in Syria . 2024-09-26 . Syrian Arab News Agency . en-US.
  15. Web site: 2020-08-31. من هو وزير النفط والثروة المعدنية الجديد بسام طعمة ؟ تلفزيون الخبر ::اخبار سوريا::. 2021-03-20. alkhabar-sy.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20200831150449/https://alkhabar-sy.com/%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B7-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF/. 31 August 2020.
  16. News: President al-Assad issues cabinet reshuffle decree. 26 November 2018. 26 November 2018. SANA.