| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 13 October 2005 |
President | Bashar al-ASAD |
Prime Minister | Muhammad Naji al- UTRI |
Minister of Agriculture | Adil SAFIR |
Minister of Construction & Housing | Muhammad Nihad MUSHANTAT |
Minister of Culture | Mahmud al-SAYID |
Minister of Defense | Hassan Ali TURKMANI, Lieutenant General |
Minister of Economy & Trade | Amir Husni LUTFI |
Minister of Education | Ali SAD |
Minister of Electricity | Munib Saim al-DAHAR |
Minister of Environment & Local Government | Hilal al-ATRASH |
Minister of Expatriates | Buthaynah SHABAAN |
Minister of Finance | Muhammad al-HUSAYN |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Farouk al-SHARA |
Minister of Health | Mahir HUSAMI, Doctor |
Minister of Higher Education | Hani MURTADA |
Minister of Industry | Ghasan TAYARA |
Minister of Information | Mahdi DAKHLALLAH |
Minister of Interior | |
Minister of Irrigation | Nadir al-BUNI |
Minister of Justice | Muhammad al-GHAFRI |
Minister of Labor & Social Affairs | Dayala al-Haj ARIF |
Minister of Oil | Ibrahim HADAD |
Minister of Presidency Affairs | Ghasan LAHAM |
Minister of Religious Endowments | Muhammad Ziyad al-AYUBI |
Minister of Telecommunications & Technology | Bashir al-MUNAJID |
Minister of Tourism | Sadallah Agha al-QALA |
Minister of Transport | Makram UBAYAD |
Minister of State | Yusuf Sulayman AHMAD |
Minister of State | Bashar SHAR |
Minister of State | Muhammad Yahya KHARAT |
Minister of State | Husam al-ASWAD |
Governor, Central Bank | Adib MAYALA |
Ambassador to the US | Imad MMUSTAFA |
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | Faisal MIQDAD |