Abdul Halim Khaddam was a Syrian politician who served as interim President of Syria in 2000. He also was Vice President of Syria and the Syrian High Commissioner to Lebanon from 1984 to 2005. He was a long known loyalist of Hafez al-Assad. He resigned from his position and left the country in 2005 in protest against certain policies of Hafez's son and successor, Bashar al-Assad. He accumulated substantial wealth while in office: a Credit Suisse account in his name, opened in 1994, had nearly 90 million Swiss francs in September 2003, per Suisse secrets. This puts Khaddam and his family's net worth at $1.1 billion, making them one of the wealthiest and most influential political families in the Middle East.
The Cabinet of Syria was first constituted in the Syrian Constitution of 1930. Following the Fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, Syria is currently undergoing a political transition, with Mohammed al-Bashir leading a Syrian Transitional Government.
Imad Muhammad Dib Khamis is a Syrian politician who served as the 67th prime minister of Syria from 2016 to 2020 under president Bashar al-Assad. Previously, he was minister of electricity from 2011 to 2016.
Najm Hamad Al Ahmad is a Syrian jurist and justice minister from 2012 until 2017.
The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Syria.
Events during the year 2017 in Syria.
This article lists events from the year 2018 in Syria.
Abkhazia–Syria relations refers to the bilateral relationship between the Republic of Abkhazia and Syria.
The Adel Safar government was the third Syrian government formed during the presidency of Bashar al-Assad. On 2 April 2011, President Bashar al-Assad issued Decree No. 134 designating Adel Safar to form a new Government. On 14 April 2011, the new Government was announced through Decree No. 136.
The Riyad Hijab government was the fourth Syrian government formed during the presidency of Bashar al-Assad. It was formed on 23 June 2012 and dissolved on 6 August 2012 after Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab defected. He was later succeeded by Wael Nader al-Halqi.
This article lists events from the year 2020 in Syria.
The second Wael al-Halqi government was the fifth Syrian government formed during the presidency of Bashar al-Assad, with Wael Nader al-Halqi as Prime Minister. It was formed on 10 August 2014, after the 2014 Syrian presidential election, and lasted until 22 June 2016.
This article lists events from the year 2019 in Syria.
Hussein Arnous is a Syrian politician who served as prime minister of Syria from 11 June 2020 to 14 September 2024. Arnous's appointment was announced by state media shortly after it was reported that President Bashar al-Assad had fired previous prime minister Imad Khamis amid a worsening economic crisis.
The first government of Hussein Arnous was formed on 30 August 2020 and took the oath of office on 2 September 2020. A new Council of Ministers was formed by Hussein Arnous at the appointment of President Bashar al-Assad. This government was the 94th since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and was the seventh during the presidency of President Bashar al-Assad.
The second government of Hussein Arnous was formed after appointment by the President of Syria on 10 August 2021 and took the oath of office on 14 August 2021, after the presidential election held in May. This replaced the caretaker ministry formed in July. The government was the 95th since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and it was the eighth during the presidency of Bashar al-Assad.
Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun is a former military commander, and served as Syrian Minister of the Interior prior to the fall of the Assad regime.
Mohammad Samer al-Khalil is a Syrian politician. He was served as Minister of Industry.
Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali is a Syrian politician and civil engineer who served as the 69th prime minister of Syria from 14 September to 10 December 2024. He is the last person to serve as Prime Minister of Syria under the presidency of Bashar al-Assad and last head of government of the Ba'athist regime.
The government of Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali was formed after appointment by the president of Syria on 23 September 2024 and new Council of Ministers took the oath of office on 24 September 2024, after the 2024 Syrian parliamentary election held on 15 July 2024. This replaced the caretaker ministry formed in July. The government was the 96th since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and was the ninth and last during the presidency of Bashar al-Assad, as well as the last government of Ba'athist Syria.
