Arabic
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: مجلس وزراء سوريا, majlis wuzara' suria) or Council of Ministers is the chief
executive
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Constitution of Syria
The current Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic was adopted on 26 February 2012, replacing one that had been in force since 13 March 1973. The current constitution delineates the basic function of that state's government. Among other things, ...
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Appointment, powers and removal
Appointment:
*Appointed by the President
Powers:
*Implementing state public policy
*Enforcing laws
*Supervising government bodies
*Passing administrative decisions
*Advising the President
Removal:
*Upon dismissal by the President
*Upon submission of resignation to the President
*Upon removal or resignation of the President
*Upon a vote of no-confidence by the legislature
Current cabinet
President Bashar al-Assad accepted the entire cabinet's resignation after a meeting on 29 March 2011. Al-Assad then appointed outgoing
Prime Minister
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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. On 3 April 2011, Assad appointed Minister of Agriculture
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 ...
the new Prime Minister. On 6 April 2011, the state-run al-Ekhbariya TV channel said that Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, Minister of Defense
Dawoud Rajiha
Dawoud Abdallah Rajiha ( ar, داود راجحة; 1947 – 18 July 2012), forename sometimes transliterated Dawood or Daoud, surname sometimes transliterated Rajha, was the Syrian minister of defense from 2011 to July 2012 when he was assas ...
, Minister of Endowment and Religious Affairs Mohammed Abdul-Sattar Al Sayed, and Minister of Presidential Palace Affairs
Mansour Fadlallah Azzam
Mansour Fadlallah Azzam (born 1960) is the Minister of Presidential Affairs of Syria.
Early life, education and career
Azzam is a Syrian Druze born in Sweida. He earned a bachelor's degree in French literature from the University of Damascus i ...
would remain in the new cabinet. On 9 April 2011, ''DayPress News'' reported the new cabinet was expected to be announced in the next week. On 14 April 2011, a new cabinet was officially announced.
On 9 February 2013, president Assad changed seven ministers in the cabinet. The cabinet reshuffle included the ministries of oil, finance, social affairs, labour, housing, public works and agriculture.
In July 2016 president Assad issued Decree no. 203 for 2016 which listed the new Syrian government.
A new
government
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was formed in 2021 under
Hussein Arnous
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 Pr ...
First Arnous government
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 th ...