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Syria unveils its new cabinet for its transitional period: cabinet includes Christian, Alawaite, Kurdish and Druze community members

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President Ahmed al-Sharaa unveiled the new Syrian Cabinet last Saturday to lead Syria through its five-year transition to a new constitution. The cabinet, formed by 23 Ministers and a Prime Minister, includes a Christian, a Kurd, an Alawite, two Druze  community members, and also the leader of the White Helmets, Raed al-Saleh, who has been appointed the Minister of Emergency Situations and Disasters. Another significant change was the replacement of the Justice Minister Shadi al-Waisi with Mazhar al-Weis (also a senior HTS member).

Two Ministers served in the previous Assad administration but had left their posts in the early stages of the Syrian civil war. These are Minister of Economy Nidal al-Shaar, and Minister of Transportation Yaroub Badr.

The Prime Minister has retained his post and senior ministerial portfolios have remained under the control of HTS.

The list has been retrieved from Syria’s State-owned media agency Sana.

    • President: Ahmed al-Sharaa (interim president, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, former leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham).

    • Prime Minister / Energy Minister: Mohammed al-Bashir (previously led the Syrian Salvation Government in Idlib).

    • Minister of Defense: General Murhaf Abu Qasra (military background, retained from the caretaker cabinet).

    • Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates: Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani (diplomat, also retained from the caretaker cabinet).

    • Minister of Interior: Anas Khattab (previously Head of General Intelligence).

    • Minister of Justice: Mazhar al-Weis (also referred to as Mazhar al-Ways).

    • Minister of Social Affairs and Labor: Hind Kabawat (Christian, lawyer and previous advisory board member of the World Bank).

    • Minister of Emergency Situations and Disasters: Raed al-Saleh (leader of the White Helmets, a rescue organisation).

    • Minister of Education: Mohammed Terko (a Damascus-based Syrian Kurd).

    • Minister of Higher Education: Marwan al-Halabi (from the Druize community).

    • Minister of Transportation: Yarub Badr (an Alawite who was transport Minister from 2006 to 2011).

    • Minister of Agriculture: Amjad Badr (from the Suwayda Druze community).

    • Minister of Finance: Mohammed Yusir Bernieh (also spelled Mohammad Yusir Barneiah).

    • Minister of Religious Endowments: Mohammad Abu al-Khair Shukri

    • Minister of Economy and Industry: Nidal Shaar (Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade from 2011 – 2012).

    • Minister of Health: Musaab Nazal al-Ali

    • Minister of Local Administration and Environment: Mohammad Anjarani

    • Minister of Communications and Information Technology: Abd El-Salam Haykal

    • Minister of Public Works and Housing: Mustafa Abd al-Razak

    • Minister of Culture: Mohammad Saleh (Veteran journalist who worked with AlJazeera).

    • Minister of Sports and Youth: Mohammad Samih Hamid

    • Minister of Tourism: Mazen al-Salhani

    • Minister of Administrative Development: Mohammad Skaf

    • Minister of Information: Hamza Mustafa

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