Hussein Makhlouf

Syrian politician
حسين مخلوف
Minister of Water Resources
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 December 2023PresidentBashar al-AssadPrime MinisterHussein ArnousPreceded byTammam RaadMinister of Local Administration and EnvironmentIn office
22 June 2016 – 13 December 2023PresidentBashar al-AssadPrime MinisterWael Nader al-Halqi
Imad Khamis
Hussein ArnousPreceded byOmar Ibrahim GhalawanjiSucceeded byLamia Youssef ShakourGovernor of Rif Dimashq GovernorateIn office
1 October 2011 – 22 June 2016PresidentBashar al-AssadPrime MinisterAdel Safar
Riyad Hijab
Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji
Wael Nader al-HalqiPreceded byZahid Hajj MusaSucceeded byAlaa Mounir Ibrahim Personal detailsBorn1964 (age 59–60)
Latakia, Latakia Governorate, SyriaPolitical partyBa'ath PartyChildren4ResidenceDamascusAlma materTishreen UniversityOccupationCivil engineeringProfessionPolitician, Civil Engineer, Civil servant

Hussein Jamil Makhlouf (Arabic: حسين جميل مخلوف; born 1964) is a Syrian politician. He is currently Water Resources Minister.[1][2]

Career

Occupied several posts at the Coast Company for Construction and Building and the General Establishment of Construction and Building, and chaired a project for expanding Lattakia port.[3]

Director of Water Resources Department (2006-2011), chairing joint committees with Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey on water affairs.

He was Governor of the Damascus Countryside Governate from 2011 to 2016.[4] Between 2016 and 2023, he served as a Local Administration and Environment Minister.

References

  1. ^ "President al-Assad issues a decree appointing two ministers". SANA. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. ^ "UN refugee chief meets Syria regime to discuss refugee return". Middle East Monitor. 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  3. ^ Prime Minister's Office. "Prime Minister's Office – Syrian Arab News Agency". Sana.sy. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  4. ^ Prime Minister's Office. "Prime Minister's Office – Syrian Arab News Agency". Sana.sy. Retrieved 2021-12-22.