Hussein Arnous ( ar, حسين عرنوس, Ḥusain ʿArnūs; born 1953) is a
Syrian politician who has served as
prime minister of Syria since 11 June 2020. 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
Imad Mohammad Deeb Khamis ( ar, عماد محمد ديب خميس, ʿImād Muḥammad Dīb Khamīs; born 1 August 1961) is a Syrian politician who was Prime Minister of Syria from 2016 to 2020 under President Bashar al-Assad. Previously, he was ...
amid a worsening economic crisis.
Early life and education
Arnous was born in the village of
Al-Tah in the
Ma'arrat al-Nu'man District
Maarat al-Numaan District ( ar-at, منطقة معرة النعمان, manṭiqat Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān) is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Maarat al-Numan. At the 2004 census ...
,
Idlib. In 1978, he earned a degree in civil engineering from the
University of Aleppo
University of Aleppo ( ar, جَامِعَة حَلَب, Jāmiʿat Ḥalab, also called Aleppo University) is a public university located in Aleppo, Syria. It is the second largest university in Syria after the University of Damascus.
During 2005 ...
.
Career
After graduating from university, Arnous worked with the Idlib Engineering Syndicate. From 1992 to 2002, he managed the General Company for Roads and Bridges. In 2004, Arnous was selected to serve as executive director of the General Establishment for Road Transport. He then served as governor of
Deir ez-Zor
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and
Quneitra
Quneitra (also Al Qunaytirah, Qunaitira, or Kuneitra; ar, ٱلْقُنَيْطِرَة or ٱلْقُنَيطْرَة, ''al-Qunayṭrah'' or ''al-Qunayṭirah'' ) is the largely destroyed and abandoned capital of the Quneitra Governorate in sout ...
governorates. In 2014, Arnous was included on a list of Syrian government ministers barred from entering the United States or
European Union
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.
Arnous served as
Minister of Public Works and Housing from 2013 until 2018 and as Minister of Water Resources since 26 November 2018.
Arnous was confirmed by President Assad to be the prime minister of a
new government on 30 August 2020. He took the
oath of office
An oath of office is an oath or affirmation a person takes before assuming the duties of an office, usually a position in government or within a religious body, although such oaths are sometimes required of officers of other organizations. Such ...
three days later. He formed a
new government in August 2021 after the
presidential election
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Elections by country
Albania
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Chile
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in May 2021.
References
1953 births
Ba'athist rulers
University of Aleppo alumni
Living people
Members of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
People from Idlib Governorate
Prime Ministers of Syria
Syrian Sunni Muslims
21st-century Syrian politicians
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