Ministry of Electricity (Syria)
| وزارة الكهرباء | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1976 |
| Dissolved | 2025 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Syria |
| Headquarters | Damascus |
| Website | www |
|
Member State of the Arab League |
|---|
The Ministry of Electricity (Arabic: وزارة الكهرباء) was a department of the Government of Syria.[1] The ministry was responsible for managing the electric energy and renewable energy sector in Syria, and a number of governmental institutions and companies were affiliated to it. On 29 March 2025, as a result of the formation of the Syrian transitional government, the Ministry of Electricity, the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources were replaced by and merged into the Ministry of Energy.[2][3][4][5][6]
In Syria, the production of electricity has been entirely nationalized. By the end of the 1990s, the Ministry of Electricity managed 74,9% of the production of electricity nationwide. The country was planning to become self-sufficient in electricity supply by 1998.[7] For this reason, the Ministry never seriously considered renewable energies because they take a longer time to deploy. By 2010, the government encouraged private investors to develop the electric capacity of the country, but the war broke out.[8]
In November 2021, the Ministry of Electricity annulled dozens of renewable energy licences.[9]
Ministers
| Minister | Government | Term | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Electricity | |||||
| Ahmed Omar Youssef (first) | Abdul Rahman Khleifawi government Muhammad Ali al-Halabi government Abdul Rauf al-Kasm government |
1976 to 1984 | |||
| Kamel Selim al-Baba | Abdul Rauf al-Kasm government Mahmoud al-Zoubi government |
1984 to 2000 | |||
| Munib Saim ad-Dahr | First Mustafa Mero government Second Mustafa Mero government Muhammad Naji al-Otari government |
2000 to 2006 | |||
| Ahmed Khaled al-Ali | Muhammad Naji al-Otari government | 2006 to 2008 | |||
| Ahmed Qusay Kayali | Muhammad Naji al-Otari government | 2008 to 2011 | |||
| Imad Khamis | Adel Safar government Riyad Hijab government First Wael al-Halqi government Second Wael al-Halqi government |
2011 to 2016 | |||
| Muhammad Zuhair al-Kharbutli | Imad Khamis government | 2016 to 2020 | |||
| Ghassan al-Zamel | First Hussein Arnous government Second Hussein Arnous government |
2020 to 2024 | |||
| Sinjar Taama | Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali government | September 2024 to December 2024 | |||
| Omar Shaqrouq (last) | Syrian caretaker government | December 2024 to 29 March 2025 | |||
See also
References
- ^ "Syrian Arab Republic". Ministry of Electricity. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ Lister, Charles (2025-03-30). "Assessing Syria's Transitional Government". Syria Weekly. Retrieved 2025-03-31 – via Substack.
In forming the new transitional government, Ahmed al-Sharaa has folded in Syria's long-standing ministerial positions responsible for electricity, oil and gas into the Minister of Energy's portfolio.
(subscription required) - ^ @Damaspost2 (2025-03-29). السيد الرئيس أحمد الشرع: قمنا بدمج كلٍّ من وزارة الكهرباء والنفط والغاز تحت مسمى وزارة الطاقة #داماس_بوست (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.
- ^ @AsharqNewsSYR (2025-03-29). - الشرع: أنشأنا وزارة الطوارئ والكوارث لمواجهة أي تحديات وضمان الاستجابة لأي حادث
- الشرع: دمجنا وزارتي الكهرباء والنفط تحت مسمى وزارة الطاقة
- الشرع: دمج وزارتي الصناعة والاقتصاد في وزارة واحدة
#الشرق_سوريا [- Al-Sharaa: We established the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management to address any challenges and ensure a response to any incident.
- Al-Sharaa: We merged the Ministries of Electricity and Oil under the name of the Ministry of Energy.
- Al-Sharaa: We merged the Ministries of Industry and Economy into a single ministry.
#East_Syria] (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter. - ^ SAMER (2025-04-03). "رئاسة الجمهورية: قرار رئاسي بإعلان التشكيل الوزاري لحكومة الجمهورية العربية السورية" [Presidency of the Republic: Presidential Decree Announcing the Ministerial Formation of the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic (machine translation)] (in Arabic). Syrian Arab News Agency. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "photo_2025-04-03_19-18-06-copy.jpg". Syrian Arab News Agency. 2025-04-03. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
7. السيد محمد البشير وزيراً للطاقة بعد دمج وزارات الكهرباء والنفط والثروة المعدنية والموارد المائية.
[7. Mr. Muhammad Al-Bashir as Minister of Energy following the merger of the Ministries of Electricity, Oil, Mineral Resources, and Water Resources. (machine translation)] - ^ "Post-evaluation report for OECF loan projects 1998" (PDF). Jica.go.jp. 1998.
- ^ Hatahet, Sinan; Shaar, Karam (July 2021). "Syria's Electricity Sector After a Decade of War: A Comprehensive Assessment" (PDF). Cadmus.eui.eu.
- ^ "Ministry of Electricity Cancels Renewable Energy Licences of Prominent Businessmen and Companies". Syria Report. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
