Hussein Makhlouf

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Hussein Jamil Makhlouf
حسين جميل مخلوف
Minister of Water Resources
Assumed office
13 December 2023
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterHussein Arnous
Preceded byTammam Raad
Minister of Local Administration and Environment
In office
22 June 2016 – 13 December 2023
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterWael Nader al-Halqi
Imad Khamis
Hussein Arnous
Preceded byOmar Ibrahim Ghalawanji
Succeeded byLamia Youssef Shakour
Governor of Rif Dimashq Governorate
In office
1 October 2011 – 22 June 2016
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterAdel Safar
Riyad Hijab
Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji
Wael Nader al-Halqi
Preceded byZahid Hajj Musa
Succeeded byAlaa Mounir Ibrahim
Personal details
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Latakia, Latakia Governorate, Syria
Political partyBa'ath Party
Children4
ResidenceDamascus
Alma materTishreen University
OccupationCivil engineering
ProfessionPolitician, 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[edit]

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[edit]

  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.