Complex sentence: Zaim was a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research and was appointed as minister of industry to the Syrian Cabinet led by then prime minister Mohammad Mustafa Mero on 13 December 2001.
Split into simpler sentences: Zaim was a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. He was appointed as minister of industry to the Syrian cabinet led by then prime minister Mohammad Mustafa Mero on 13 December 2001.