The Muhammad Naji al-Otari government was the second Syrian government formed during the presidency of Bashar al-Assad. It was announced on 10 September 2003, by Prime Minister

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. The cabinet lasted until 29 March 2011, and resigned in the wake of the Syrian Civil War. * Prime minister:

Muhammad Naji al-Otari Muhammad Naji al-Otari ( ar, محمد ناجي عطري also ''Etri'', ''Itri'' and ''Otri'') (born 1944) is a Syrian politician who was Prime Minister of Syria from 2003 to 2011.Abdullah Dardari Abdallah Abdel Razzaq Al Dardari ( ar, عبد الله الدردري; born 1963) is the United Nations Development Program's Resident Representative in Kabul, Afghanistan. Prior to his appointment in 2019, he worked for the World Bank. He has a ...

Original cabinet

Portfolios

* Minister of Foreign Affairs:

Farouk al-Sharaa Farouk al-Sharaa ( ar, فاروق الشرع; born 10 December 1938) is a Syrian politician and diplomat. He is one of the most prominent officials in the Syrian government and served as foreign minister of Syria from 1984 until 2006 when he bec ...

* Minister of Finance: Mohammed Al Hussein * Minister of Defense:

Mustafa Tlass Mustafa Abdul Qadir Tlass ( ar, مُصْطَفَى عَبْد الْقَادِر طَلَاس, Musṭafā ʿAbd al-Qādir Ṭalās; 11 May 1932 – 27 June 2017) was a Syrian senior military officer and politician who was Syria's minister of defe ...

* Minister of Higher Education: Hani Murtada * Minister of Local Administration: Hilal Atrash * Minister of Tourism:

Saadallah Agha al-Qalaa Dr. Saadallah Agha al-Qalaa ( ar, سعد الله آغا القلعة) (b. Damascus, 1950) is the former minister of tourism in Syria. He has a Ph.D. in civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals w ...

* Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform:

Adel Safar Adel Safar ( ar, عادل سفر, ʿĀdil Safar, born 1953) is a Syrian politician and academic, who served as Prime Minister of Syria from 14 April 2011 to 23 June 2012. His government was dissolved by Bashar al-Assad as a result of the Syrian ...

* Minister of Expatriates: Bouthaina Shaaban * Minister of Education: Ali Saad * Minister of Economy and Trade:

Ghassan Al Rifai Ghassan Al Rıfai ( ar, غسان الرفاعي; born 1942) is a Syrian economist who worked at the World Bank and served as Syria's minister of economy and trade from December 2001 to October 2004. Early life and education Al Rıfai was born i ...

* Minister of Health: Muhammad Iyad Shatti * Minister of Justice: Nizar Assi * Minister of Endowments: Muhammad Ziyadeh * Minister of Irrigation: Nader Bunni * Minister of Social Affairs and Labor: Siham Dello * Minister of Oil and Mineral Reserves:

Ibrahim Haddad Ibrahim Haddad ( ar, ابراهيم حداد) (born 1938) is a Syrian politician who served as minister of oil and mineral reserves from December 2001 to February 2006. Early life and education Haddad was born into a Christian family in Ain Ghar ...

* Minister of Interior:

Ali Hammoud Ali Hammoud ( ar, علي حمود, born 1944) is a former Syrian intelligence officer and general who served as minister of interior from 2001 to 2004. Early life Hammoud was born in Homs into an Alawite family in 1944. Career Hammoud served ...

* Minister of Information: Ahmad Hassan * Minister of Culture: Mahmoud Sayyed * Minister of Electricity: Munib Saem Dahr * Minister of Housing and Construction: Nihad Mshantat * Minister of Transport: Makram Obeid * Minister of Industry: Muhammad Safi Abu Dan * Minister of Communication and Technology: Muhammad Bashir Monjed

Ministers of State

* Minister of State for Presidential Affairs: Ghassan al-Lahham * Minister of State for Administrative Development:

Yousef Suleiman al-Ahmad Yousef Suleiman al Ahmad (born 1956) is a Syrian economist and politician. He is the former minister of state. Early life and education Ahmad was born in Hasaka in 1956. He earned a degree in economics from the University of Damascus in 1990, ...

* Minister of State for the Syrian Arab Red Crescent: Bashar al-Shaar * Minister of State for Vital Projects: Muhammad Kharrat * Minister of State for Population Affairs: Dr. Ghayyath Jaraatly * Minister of State for

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Affairs: Hussam al-Asswad

Subsequent reshuffles

1st reshuffle

12 May 2004: One minister was replaced. *Minister of Defense: Lt. Gen.

Hasan Turkmani Hasan Ali Turkmani ( ar, حسن توركماني; 27 January 1935 – 18 July 2012) was a prominent Syrian military commander and Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party member. He served as the minister of defense in Syria from 2004 to 2009. He and t ...

2nd reshuffle

4 October 2004: Eight ministers were replaced. * Minister of Interior:

Ghazi Kanaan Ghazi Kanaan ( ar, غازي كنعان; 1942 – 12 October 2005), also known as Abu Yo'roub, was Syria's interior minister from 2004 to 2005, and long-time head of Syria's security apparatus in Lebanon. His violent death during an investigati ...

* Minister of Industry: Ghassan Tayyara * Minister of Endowments: Ziad Al Din Sl Ayoubi * Minister of Health: Maher Hammami * Minister of Economy and Trade: Amer Husni Lutfi * Minister of Information: Mahdi Dakhlallah * Minister of Justice: Muhammad Al Ghafri * Minister of Social Affairs and Labor: Diala Al Hajj Aref

3rd reshuffle

21 February 2006: 15 ministers were replaced. * Minister of Foreign Affairs:

Walid Muallem Walid Mohi Edine al Muallem ( ar, وليد محيي الدين المعلم ''Walīd Muḥīyy ad-Dīn al-Muʿallam''; 13 January 194116 November 2020) was a Syrian diplomat and Ba'ath Party member who served as foreign minister from 2006 to ...

* Minister of Information: Muhsen Bilal * Minister of Interior: Bassam Abdel Majeed * Minister of Higher Education: Ghayath Barakat * Minister of Culture: Riyad Naassan Agha * Minister of Housing and Construction: Hammoud al-Hussein * Minister of Oil and Mineral Reserves:

Sufian Allaw Sufian Allaw ( ar, سفيان العلاو; born 1944) was the former oil minister of Syria. Early life and education Allaw was born in Abu Kamal in Deir ez-Zor Governorate in 1944. He earned a degree in electrical and mechanical engineering fro ...

* Minister of Electricity: Ahmad Khaled al-Ali * Minister of Transport:

Yaarub Bader Dr. Yarob Suleiman Badr ( ar, يعرب بدر) (born June 3, 1959 - Damascus, Syria) is a former Minister of Transport for Syria. He was previously a professor of civil engineering at Tishreen University in Latakia. He holds a PhD. from the É ...

* Minister of Industry: Fuad Issa al-Jouni * Minister of Communication and Technology:

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* Minister of State for

Affairs:

Joseph Sweid Joseph Sweid (born 1958) has been Syrian Minister of State since 2011 and a member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. He has served as the Minister of Expatriates. Sweid was born in Damascus in 1958. He earned his LLB degree at the Unive ...

* Minister of State for Vital Projects: Hussein Mahmoud Farzat * Minister of State for International Relations:

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4th reshuffle

8 December 2007: Two ministers were replaced. * Minister of Communications and Technology:

Imad Abdel Ghani Sabouni Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni ( ar, عماد عبد الغني الصابوني) (born 1964 in Damascus) is the former Minister of Communications and Technology of Syria. Early life, education and career Sabouni was born in Damascus in 1964. He earn ...

* Minister of Endowments:

Mohammed Abdul Sattar Mohammed Abdul Sattar (Arabic: محمد عبد الستار) (born 1958, Tartus) is the current Minister of Awqaf of Syria, serving since 2007. Early life and education and career Sattar was born into a Sunni Muslim family in the multicultural ...

5th reshuffle

30 July 2008: One minister was replaced. * Minister of Expatriates: Dr.

6th reshuffle

18 September 2008: Two ministers were replaced. * Minister of Housing and Construction: Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji * Minister of Electricity: Dr. Ahmad Qusay Kayyali

7th reshuffle

23 April 2009: Five ministers were replaced, and a new ministry was established, Ministry of the Environment. * Minister of Local Administration: Dr. Tamer al-Hajjeh * Minister of Interior:

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* Minister of Health: Dr. Rida Said * Minister of State for Presidential Affairs: Dr. Mansour Azzam * Minister of Justice: Ahmad Younes * Minister of State of the Environment: Kawkab Sabah al-Daya

8th reshuffle

3 June 2009: One minister was replaced. *Minister of Defense: Lt. Gen.

Ali Habib Mahmud Ali Habib Mahmud ( ar, علي حبيب محمود‎; 1 January 1939 – 20 March 2020) was a Syrian military officer who served as Syria's minister of defense from June 2009 to August 2011. As one of Syria's most celebrated generals, he was pa ...

9th reshuffle

19 January 2010: One minister was replaced. *Minister of Economy and Trade:

Lamia Assi Lamia Assi ( ar, لمياء عاصي) (born December 27, 1955) became minister of tourism of Syria in 2011. She previously served as the Minister of Economy and Trade and as the Ambassador to Malaysia. Early life and education Assi was born on ...

10th reshuffle

3 October 2010: Two ministers were replaced. * Minister of Culture:

Riad Ismat Mohammad Riad Hussain Ismat ( ar, رياض عصمت) (11 July 1947 – 13 May 2020) was a Syrian writer, critic and theatre director. He served as Minister of Culture of Syria from 3 October 2010 to 23 June 2012. Early life, education and care ...

* Minister of Irrigation: George Malki Soumi

Full resignation

29 March 2011: All ministers resigned from their posts at the President's request. The Prime Minister was then reappointed to run a caretaker government, and the other ministers were kept in place.

References

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