Ministry of Water Resources (Syria)

{{Infobox government agency

| name = Ministry of Water Resources

| native_name_a = وزارة الموارد المائية

| seal = Emblem of Syria.svg

| seal_width = 100px

| logo = File:Logo_of_the_Syrian_Ministry_of_Water_Resources.png

| formed = 2012

| dissolved = {{end date|2025}}

| superseding1 = Ministry of Energy

| preceding1 = Ministry of Irrigation

| jurisdiction = Government of Syria

| headquarters = Harasta, Rif Dimashq, Syria (last known)

| minister1_name =

| website =

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The Ministry of Water Resources ({{langx|ar|وزارة الموارد المائية}}) was a department of the Syrian government.{{Cite web |url=https://acsad.org/en/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A3%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF/ |website=Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands|title=The Syrian Ministry of Water Resources and ACSAD cooperation|date=16 January 2021 |access-date=9 December 2021 |author1=Admin }} On 29 March 2025, it was merged with the Ministry of Electricity and the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources to become the Ministry of Energy.{{Cite web |last=SAMER |date=2025-04-03 |title=رئاسة الجمهورية: قرار رئاسي بإعلان التشكيل الوزاري لحكومة الجمهورية العربية السورية |trans-title=Presidency of the Republic: Presidential Decree Announcing the Ministerial Formation of the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic (machine translation) |url=https://www.sana.sy/?p=2204522 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=SANA |language=ar}}{{Cite web |date=2025-04-03 |title=photo_2025-04-03_19-18-06-copy.jpg |url=https://www.sana.sy/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/photo_2025-04-03_19-18-06-copy.jpg |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=SANA |quote=7. السيد محمد البشير وزيراً للطاقة بعد دمج وزارات الكهرباء والنفط والثروة المعدنية والموارد المائية. |trans-quote=7. Mr. Muhammad Al-Bashir as Minister of Energy following the merger of the Ministries of Electricity, Oil, Mineral Resources, and Water Resources. (machine translation)}}

History

The Ministry of Irrigation was created by Law No. 16 of 1982 as a process of compiling the tasks that were distributed to a number of public agencies (the Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources - the Ministry of the Euphrates Dam) and then attached to them.

The quality institutions in the Euphrates basin that were created after the completion of the dam, which is the Public Institution for Land Reclamation and The General Authority for Investment and Development of the Euphrates Basin, as attached to it by the General Corporation for the Euphrates Dam, the General Company for Water Projects and the General Company for Water Studies were attached to the ministry.

In 2005, with the aim of developing the planning process for the water sector in Syria, it created the “General Authority for Water Resources to replace the general irrigation directorates.” In 2012, the Ministry of Water Resources was created to replace the Ministry of Irrigation, and drinking water institutions and sewage companies in the governorates were linked to it.{{Cite news|date=2020-06-11|title=Syria's Assad removes prime minister as economic hardship grows|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-assad-government-idUSKBN23I228|access-date=2021-03-08}}

Directorates and bodies

Directorate of Systems and Technology
Directorate of Human Resources
Directorate of Irrigation and Drainage
Directorate of Planning and International Cooperation
Directorate of Legal Affairs
Drinking Water Directorate
Administrative Development Directorate
Directorate of Equipment and Energy Rationalization
Sanitation Directorate
Directorate of International Waters and Dams

List of ministers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+ !Minister !Government !Term
style="background:#EEEEFF" colspan="6" \| Minister for Water Resources
Bassam Hanna (first) \|Riyad Hijab government First Wael al-Halqi government \|2012 to 2014
Kamal Sheikha \|Second Wael al-Halqi government \|2014 to 2016
Nabil Al-Hassan \|Imad Khamis government \|2016 to 2018
Hussein Arnous \|Imad Khamis government \|2018 to 2020
Tammam Raad \|First Hussein Arnous government Second Hussein Arnous government \|2020 to 2023
Hussein Makhlouf{{Cite web\|url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=321881\|title=President al-Assad issues a decree appointing two ministers\|access-date=14 December 2023\|date=13 December 2023\|publisher=SANA}} \|Second Hussein Arnous government \|2023 to 2024
Moataz Qattan \|Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali government \|2024
Osama Abu Zaid (last) \|Syrian caretaker government \|2024 to 2025

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!Minister

!Government

!Term

style="background:#EEEEFF" colspan="6" | Minister for Water Resources

Bassam Hanna (first)

|Riyad Hijab government
First Wael al-Halqi government

|2012 to 2014

Kamal Sheikha

|Second Wael al-Halqi government

|2014 to 2016

Nabil Al-Hassan

|Imad Khamis government

|2016 to 2018

Hussein Arnous

|Imad Khamis government

|2018 to 2020

Tammam Raad

|First Hussein Arnous government
Second Hussein Arnous government

|2020 to 2023

Hussein Makhlouf{{Cite web|url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=321881|title=President al-Assad issues a decree appointing two ministers|access-date=14 December 2023|date=13 December 2023|publisher=SANA}}

|Second Hussein Arnous government

|2023 to 2024

Moataz Qattan

|Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali government

|2024

Osama Abu Zaid (last)

|Syrian caretaker government

|2024 to 2025