| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 23 February 2006 |
President | Bashar al-ASAD |
Vice President | Farouk al-SHARA |
Prime Minister | Muhammad Naji al-UTRI |
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs | Abdallah al-DARDARI |
Minister of Agriculture | Adil SAFIR |
Minister of Construction & Housing | Hamud al-HUSAYN |
Minister of Culture | Riyad Nasan AGHA |
Minister of Defense | Hassan Ali TURKMANI, Lieutenant General |
Minister of Economy & Trade | Amir Husni LUTFI |
Minister of Education | Ali SAD |
Minister of Electricity | Ahmad Khalid al-ALI |
Minister of Environment & Local Government | Hilal al-ATRASH |
Minister of Expatriates | Buthaynah SHABAAN |
Minister of Finance | Muhammad al-HUSAYN |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Walid MUALEM |
Minister of Health | Mahir HUSAMI, Doctor |
Minister of Higher Education | Ghayth BARAKA |
Minister of Industry | Fuad Isa JUNI |
Minister of Information | Muhsin BILAL, Doctor |
Minister of Interior | Basam ABD AL-MAJID, General |
Minister of Irrigation | Nadir al-BUNI |
Minister of Justice | Muhammad al-GHAFRI |
Minister of Labor & Social Affairs | Dayala al-Haj ARIF |
Minister of Oil | Sufiyan al-AW |
Minister of Presidency Affairs | Ghasan LAHAM |
Minister of Religious Endowments | Muhammad Ziyad al-AYUBI |
Minister of Telecommunications & Technology | Amir Nasir SALAM |
Minister of Tourism | Sadallah Agha al-QALA |
Minister of Transport | Yarub Sulayman BADR |
Minister of State | Yusuf Sulayman AHMAD |
Minister of State | Husayn Mahmud FARZA |
Minister of State | Ghayth JARATLI |
Minister of State | Muhammad Yahya KHARAT |
Minister of State | Hasan al-SARI |
Minister of State | Bashar SHAR |
Minister of State | Yusuf SUWAYT |
Governor, Central Bank | Adib MAYALA |
Ambassador to the US | Imad MUSTAFA |
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | Faisal MIQDAD |