Damascus, SANA-President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday issued Decree No. 203 for 2016 on forming the new Syrian government, headed by Eng. Imad Mohammad Deeb Khamis.
The new government according to the decree is as follows:

• Eng. Imad Mohammad Deeb Khamis, Prime Minister.
• Gen. Fahd Jassem al-Freij Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense.
• Walid al-Moallem Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister.
• Dr. Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed, Minister of Religious Endowments.
• Mansour Fadlallah Azzam, Minister of Presidential Affairs.
• Lt. Gen. Mohammad Ibrahim al-Shaar, Interior Minister.
• Dr. Hazwan al-Waz, Education Minister.
• Najm Hamad al-Ahmad, Justice Minister.
• Hussein Arnous, Minister of Public Works.
• Ahmad al-Qadiri, Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform.
• Bishr Yazigi, Tourism Minister.
• Dr. Hassan al-Nouri, Administrative Development Minister.
• Dr. Nizar Wehbe al-Yazigi, Health Minister
• Rima al-Qadiri, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor.
• Dr. Adib Mayyaleh, Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade.
• Dr. Atef Naddaf, Higher Education Minister.
• Hussein Makhlouf, Minister of Local Administration.
• Eng. Ali Ghanem, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.
• Mohamed Ramez Tourjuman, Information Minister.
• Mohammad Zuhair Kharboutli, Electricity Minister.
• Dr. Maamoun Hamdan, Finance Minister.
• Eng. Ahmad al-Hamo, Industry Minister.
• Dr. Ali al-Zafir, Minister of Communications and Technology.
• Eng. Nabil al-Hasan, Minister of Water Resources.
• Eng. Ali Hamoud, Transport Minister.
• Mohamed al-Ahmad, Minister of Culture.
• Abdullah al-Gharbi, Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection.
• Dr. Ali Haidar, Minister of State for National Reconciliation Affairs.
• Abdullah Abdullah, Minister of State.
• Wafiqa Hosni, Minister of State.
• Rafea Abu Saad, Minister of State.
• Salwa Abdullah, Minister of State.