Syria’s interim president moves his brother out of a top post in a government reshuffle
The overhaul adds new governors and a new information minister as the transitional government faces questions over nepotism and unclear motives.
- On Saturday, Syria's interim leader President Ahmad reshuffled top government posts, removing his brother, Maher Assad, from his position as secretary-general to the presidency.
- Maher's appointment last year triggered nepotism accusations, drawing parallels to former President Bashar Assad, who placed family members in influential roles during his rule.
- In a Saturday decree, President Ahmad appointed Abdul Rahman Badreddine al-Aama, the former governor of Homs, as his brother's replacement, SANA reported.
- Academic Khaled Zaarour replaces Hamza Mustafa as information minister, while new governors were appointed for Latakia, Deir el-Zour, and Quneitra provinces.
- Following the nearly 14-year civil war that ousted Bashar Assad in December 2024, President Ahmad leads the administration as it struggles to unite the divided nation.
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For the first time since the fall of the Assad regime, the cabinet has been reformed in Syria. Finally, there has been criticism of the deteriorating economic situation.
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Kristeligt DagbladFor the first time since the fall of Assad, Syria's acting president has reshuffled his government.
Syria sets first cabinet reshuffle since Assad ouster, state media reports
Sharaa replaced governors in the provinces of Homs, al Quneitra and Deir Ezzor, the eastern province where most of Syria’s oil fields are located. The reshuffle is the first since the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad and comes around a year and a half into the five-year transitional period set out in Syria’s constitutional declaration.
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Syria's interim president moves his brother out of a top post in a government reshuffle
Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has reshuffled several top government posts and removed his brother from a key position.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa carried out a partial reshuffle of the government on Saturday, replacing several high-ranking officials and ministers, including his own brother, announced the official Syrian press agency Sana, taken over by AFP.
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