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
Muhammad Mustafa Mero
Muhammad Mustafa Mero ( ar, محمد مصطفى ميرو, Muḥammad Muṣṭafā Mīrū; 1941 – 22 December 2020) was a Syrian politician who served as Prime Minister of Syria from 7 March 2000 to 10 September 2003.
Early life and education
M ...
. 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
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
Mohammad al-Hussein ( ar, محمد الحسين) is a Syrian economist and politician who is a member of the Ba'ath Party. He served in different cabinet positions.
Education
Hussein holds a PhD in economy, which he received from a university in ...
* 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
* 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 Syria ...
* Minister of Expatriates:
Bouthaina Shaaban
Bouthaina Shaaban ( ar, بثينة شعبان) (born 1953 in Homs, Syria) is a Syrian politician and political and media adviser to the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad. Shaaban served as the first Minister of Expatriates for the Syrian Arab ...
* 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
* 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
Syrian Arab Red Crescent
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) ( ar, الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري ''Al-Hilal al-Aḥmar al-Arabi al-Souri'') is a humanitarian nonprofit organization. Its headquarters are in the Syrian capital city of Damascus. The s ...
: Bashar al-Shaar
* Minister of State for Vital Projects: Muhammad Kharrat
* Minister of State for Population Affairs: Dr. Ghayyath Jaraatly
* Minister of State for
Parliamentary
A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the ...
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 ...
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 investigat ...
* 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
Amer Husni Lutfi ( ar, عامر حسني لطفي) (1956 – March 2018) was head of the State Planning Commission of Syria. He served as the minister of economy and trade between 2004 and 2010. Lutfi holds a PhD in economic analysis, which he re ...
* 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 20 ...
* Minister of Information:
Muhsen Bilal
Muhsen Bilal ( ar, محسن بلال) (born 1944) is a Syrian people, Syrian surgeon, ambassador and Ba'athist politician.
Early life and education
Bilal was born into a prominent Alawite family in Burghalieh, Tartus Governorate, in 1944. His fa ...
* Minister of Interior:
Bassam Abdel Majeed
Bassam Abdel Majeed (; ar, بسام عبد المجيد ) (born 1950) is a Syrian military officer, politician and diplomat of Circassian origin.
Early life and education
Majeed is of Circassian origin, and was born into a Sunni Muslim family ...
* Minister of Higher Education: Ghayath Barakat
* Minister of Culture:
Riyad Naassan Agha
Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the R ...
* 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 fr ...
* 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 Éco ...
Parliamentary
A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the ...
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 Ministry of Expatriates (Syria), Minister of Expatriates.
Sweid was born in Damascus in 1958. He ear ...
30 July 2008: One minister was replaced.
* Minister of Expatriates: Dr.
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 Ministry of Expatriates (Syria), Minister of Expatriates.
Sweid was born in Damascus in 1958. He ear ...
6th reshuffle
18 September 2008: Two ministers were replaced.
* Minister of Housing and Construction:
Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji
Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji ( ar, عمر ابراهيم غلاونجي, '; born 1954) is a Syrian politician who was the caretaker Prime Minister of Syria in August 2012, following the defection of Riyad Farid Hijab.
Early life and education
Ghalawa ...
23 April 2009: Five ministers were replaced, and a new ministry was established,
Ministry of the Environment
An environmental ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for the environment and/or natural resources. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of the Environment, ...
.
* Minister of Local Administration: Dr. Tamer al-Hajjeh
* Minister of Interior:
Major General
Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...
Said Mohammad Sammour
Said Mohammad Sammour ( ar, سعيد محمد سمور) (born 1950) is a Syrian military officer and politician who served as interior minister between 2009 and 2011.
Early life and education
Sammour was born in Jableh in 1950. He received a bac ...
* 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
George Malki Soumi (born 1943) is a Syrian government appointee, who served as the Minister of Irrigation of Syria. He is an expert in irrigation and land reclamation.
Early life, education and career
Soumi was born in Qamishli in 1943. He earn ...
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.
See also
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Cabinet of Syria
The Cabinet of Syria (Arabic: مجلس وزراء سوريا, majlis wuzara' suria) or Council of Ministers is the chief executive body of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Cabinet in Constitution
According to the Constitution of Syria:
Appointment, ...
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Government ministries of Syria
Government ministries of Syria make up the portfolios of the Cabinet of Syria.
Current ministries
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
** former Ministry of Expatriates
* Ministry of Finance
* Ministry of Defense
* Ministry of High ...
List of foreign ministers of Syria
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, وزارة الخارجية والمغتربين) is a cabinet ministry of Syria, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.
History
The respons ...