Osama Abu Zaid
Osama Abu Zaid | |
|---|---|
أسامة أبو زيد | |
| Minister of Water Resources | |
Transitional[a] | |
| In office December 2024 – 29 March 2025 | |
| President | Ahmed al-Sharaa[b] |
| Prime Minister | Mohammed al-Bashir |
| Preceded by | Moataz Qattan |
| Director of the Public Agency for Drinking Water under the Syrian Salvation Government | |
| In office October 2024 – 10 December 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammed al-Bashir |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| In office November 2017 – 2020 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
Osama Abu Zaid (Arabic: أسامة أبو زيد) is a Syrian politician who served as the Minister of Water Resources in the first Syrian transitional government that was formed under prime minister Mohammed al-Bashir in the aftermath of the fall of the Assad regime.[1]
Career
[edit]Abu Zaid previously worked within the General Administration of Services affiliated with Al-Nusra Front. He was the group's representative in the Water Directorate established by the Army of Conquest in Idlib following its capture in 2015.[2]
In November 2017, he was appointed as the Director of the Public Agency for Drinking Water under the Syrian Salvation Government, a position he held until early 2020. He then became the Executive Director of Green Energy Company for Electricity in Idlib from 2020 to 2024.[2]
Before October 2024, Abu Zaid returned to his role as Director of the Public Agency for Drinking Water in Idlib under the Salvation Government. On 10 December 2024, when the Syrian transitional government was formed under Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir, he was appointed as the Minister of Water Resources.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "سانا: وزير الموارد المائيةالمهندس أسامة أبو زيد يطلع على الواقع المائي في محافظة اللاذقية" [SANA: Minister of Water Resources, Eng. Osama Abu Zeid, is briefed on the water situation in Lattakia Governorate]. Nabd (in Arabic). 23 December 2024. Archived from the original on 28 February 2025. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "أرشيف الثورة السورية - الشخصيات: أسامة أبو زيد" [Syrian Revolution Archive - Individuals: Osama Abu Zaid]. Syrian Memory (in Arabic). Retrieved 1 March 2025.
Notes
[edit]- ^ In the first transitional government
- ^ As de facto leader until 29 January 2025.