Zouhair Khazim
{{short description|Syrian politician}}
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| alma_mater = Damascus University
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| birth_place = Latakia, Latakia Governorate, UAR
| name = Zouhair Khazim
| native_name = {{Script/Arabic|زهير خزيم}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1960}}
| successor = Bahaa Aldeen Shurm
| predecessor = Ali Hammoud
| primeminister = Hussein Arnous
Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali
| president = Bashar al-Assad
| term_end = 8 December 2024
| term_start = 30 August 2020
| office = Minister of Transport
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Zouhair Khazim ({{langx|ar|زهير خزيم}}; born 1960) is a Syrian politician who served as Minister of Transport in 2020 until 2024.{{Cite web |date=2020-08-31 |title=وزير النقل الجديد المهندس زهير مصطفى خزيم |url=http://event-sy.net/news-45493.html |access-date=2021-12-07 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831183428/http://event-sy.net/news-45493.html |archive-date=31 August 2020 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news|author=Prime Minister's Office |url=https://sana.sy/en/?page_id=1900|title=Prime Minister's Office|newspaper=Syrian Arab News Agency|date= |accessdate=2021-12-08}}
Career
Born in Latakia, holds a diploma in civil engineering from the Soviet Union, worked as an implementation and supervision engineer in the General Establishment for Drinking Water and Sanitation in Latakia.{{Cite web|url=https://sham.fm/ar/article/80976/%d8%b2%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%ae%d8%b2%d9%8a%d9%85-%d9%88%d8%b2%d9%8a%d8%b1%d8%a7-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%86%d9%82%d9%84-%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%87%d9%88.html
|title = Zuhair Khazim, Minister of Transport.. Who is he?| date = 2020-08-30| website = Sham FM Radio|lang = ar|access-date= 2020-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831150108/http://sham.fm/ar/article/809|archive-date= August 31, 2020 }}
In 1996, he held the position of branch manager, later central manager in the General Company for Land Reclamation in Aleppo and Assistant Director General of the Military Housing Establishment. He became a Director of Branch 7 Construction in 2008. He was the Director General of the Military Housing Establishment from 2017 until his appointment as Minister of Transport on 30 August 2020.
Personal life
He is married and has three children.
See also
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Category:21st-century Syrian politicians
Category:Transport ministers of Syria
Category:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region politicians