Osama Abu Zaid

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Osama Abu Zaid
أسامة أبو زيد
Deputy Minister of Energy for Water Resources Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 June 2025
Preceded byPosition established

Osama Khaled Abu Zaid [b] is a Syrian politician who served as the Minister of Water Resources in the Syrian caretaker government that was formed under prime minister Mohammed al-Bashir in the aftermath of the fall of the Assad regime. [1]

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Career

Abu Zaid previously worked within the General Administration of Services affiliated with Al-Nusra Front. He was the group's representative in the Water Directorate established by the Army of Conquest in Idlib following its capture in 2015. [2]

In November 2017, he was appointed as the Director of the Public Agency for Drinking Water under the Syrian Salvation Government, a position he held until early 2020. He then became the Executive Director of Green Energy Company for Electricity in Idlib from 2020 to 2024. [2]

Before October 2024, Abu Zaid returned to his role as Director of the Public Agency for Drinking Water in Idlib under the Salvation Government. On 10 December 2024, when the Syrian caretaker government was formed under Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir, he was appointed as the Minister of Water Resources. [2]

On 29 March 2025, his ministry, alongside the Ministry of Electricity and the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources, were merged into the newly-formed Ministry of Energy, led by Mohammed al-Bashir. [3] [4] [5]

On 1 June 2025, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy for Water Resources Affairs via Presidential Decree No. 36 of 2025. [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ As de facto leader until 29 January 2025.
  2. ↑ Arabic: أسامة خالد أبو زيد

References

  1. ↑ "وزير الموارد المائية يطلع على الواقع المائي في اللاذقية‏" [The Minister of Water Resources is briefed on the water situation in Lattakia]. Syrian Arab News Agency (in Arabic). 23 December 2024. Archived from the original on 27 August 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "أرشيف الثورة السورية - الشخصيات: أسامة أبو زيد" [Syrian Revolution Archive - Individuals: Osama Abu Zaid]. Syrian Memory (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 24 June 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Lister, Charles (30 March 2025). "Assessing Syria's Transitional Government". Syria Weekly (Substack). Retrieved 1 September 2025. In forming the new transitional government, Ahmed al-Sharaa has folded in Syria's long-standing ministerial positions responsible for electricity, oil and gas into the Minister of Energy's portfolio(subscription required)
  4. ↑ "دمج وزارتي الكهرباء والنفط.. الرئيس السوري يُعلن عن إصلاحات شاملة للقطاع" [Merger of the Ministries of Electricity and Oil.. Syrian president announces comprehensive sector reforms]. Alhoria News (in Arabic). 29 March 2025. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "رئاسة الجمهورية: قرار رئاسي بإعلان التشكيل الوزاري لحكومة الجمهورية العربية السورية" [Presidency of the Republic: Presidential Decree Announcing the Ministerial Formation of the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic]. Syrian Arab News Agency (in Arabic). 3 April 2024. Archived from the original on 7 July 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "الرئيس الشرع يعيّن ثلاثة معاونين لوزير الطاقة" [President Al-Sharaa appoints three assistants to the Minister of Energy]. Alikhbaria Syria (in Arabic). 1 June 2025. Archived from the original on 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
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