# Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali government

The government of Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali was formed after appointment by the president of Syria on 23 September 2024 and new Council of Ministers took the oath of office on 24 September 2024, after the 2024 Syrian parliamentary election held on 15 July 2024. This replaced the caretaker ministry formed in July. The government was the 96th since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and was the ninth and last during the presidency of Bashar al-Assad, as well as the last government of Ba'athist Syria.

## Formation

President Bashar al-Assad accepted the entire cabinet's resignation after a meeting on 29 March 2011. Al-Assad then appointed outgoing Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Otari to continue as caretaker prime minister until a new government is appointed. On 3 April 2011, Assad appointed Minister of Agriculture Adel Safar 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, Minister of Endowment and Religious Affairs Mohammed Abdul-Sattar Al Sayed, and Minister of Presidential Palace Affairs Mansour Fadlallah Azzam 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, labor, housing, public works and agriculture.
In July 2016, president Assad issued Decree no. 203 for 2016 which listed the new Syrian government.
The first Hussein Arnous government was formed after 2020 Syrian parliamentary election. A new government was formed after 2021 Syrian presidential election under Hussein Arnous.
On 14 September 2024, president al-Assad issued a decree charging Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali with the task of forming a new cabinet. On 23 September 2024, president al-Assad issued a decree forming the new ministry with Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali as the head of it.
Following the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali continued as caretaker prime minister pending the formation of a Syrian Transitional Government.

## Cabinet

| Office | Incumbent | Party | Since |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali (born 1969) | Ba'ath Party | 14 September 2024 |
| Defense Minister | Lt. Gen. Ali Mahmoud Abbas (born 1964) | Ba'ath Party | 28 April 2022 |
| Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister | Bassam al-Sabbagh (born 1969) | Ba'ath Party | 23 September 2024 |
| Health Minister | Ahmad Damiriyah (born 1971) | | 23 September 2024 |
| Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Minister | Fayez al-Miqdad (born 1978) | | 23 September 2024 |
| Electricity Minister | Sinjar Taama (born 1969) | | 23 September 2024 |
| Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister | Firas Hassan Kaddour (born 1962) | | 29 March 2023 |
| Culture Minister | Diala Barakat (born 1980) | Syrian Social Nationalist Party | 23 September 2024 |
| Information Minister | Ziad Ghosn (born 1973) | | 23 September 2024 |
| Awqaf (Religious Endowments) Minister | Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed (born 1958) | Ba'ath Party | 8 December 2007 |
| Transport Minister | Zouhair Khazim (born 1960) | | 30 August 2020 |
| Justice Minister | Ahmad al-Sayyed (born 1965) | | 30 August 2020 |
| Industry Minister | Mohammad Samer al-Khalil (born 1977) | | 23 September 2024 |
| Interior Minister | Maj. Gen. Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun (born 1957) | Ba'ath Party | 26 November 2018 |
| Communications and Technology Minister | Iyad Mohammad al-Khatib (born 1974) | | 26 November 2018 |
| Water Resources Minister | Moataz Qattan (born 1966) | | 23 September 2024 |
| Labor and Social Affairs Minister | Samar al-Sebai (born 1965) | | 23 September 2024 |
| Public Works and Housing Minister | Hamza Ali (born 1967) | | 23 September 2024 |
| Local Administration and Environment Minister | Louay Kharibah (born 1967) | | 23 September 2024 |
| Education Minister | Muhammad Amer Mardini (born 1959) | | 8 August 2023 |
| Higher Education Minister | Bassam Hasan (born 1958) | | 23 September 2024 |
| Finance Minister | Riad Abdel Ra'ouf (born 1975) | | 23 September 2024 |
| Economy and Foreign Trade Minister | Mohammad Rabie Qalaaji (born 1981) | | 23 September 2024 |
| Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Minister | Louay Imad al-Munajjid (born 1971) | | 23 September 2024 |
| Tourism Minister | Mohammad Rami Radwan Martini (born 1970) | | 26 November 2018 |
| Administrative Development Minister | Salam Mohammad al-Saffaf (born 1979) | | 29 March 2017 |
| Minister of State for People's Assembly Affairs | Ahmed Mohammad Bustaji | Syrian Communist Party (Unified) | 29 March 2023 |
| Minister of State for Investment Affairs, Vital Projects and Southern Development | Ahmad Hadla (born 1976) | Arab Democratic Union Party | 23 September 2024 |