Syrian politician

Imad Mohammad Deeb Khamis (Arabic: عماد محمد ديب خميس; born 1 August 1961) is a Syrian politician who was Prime Minister of Syria from 2016 to 2020 under President Bashar al-*ad. Previously, he was Minister of Electricity from 2011 to 2016.

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Career
  • 2.1 Sanctions
  • 2.2 Corruption allegations
• 3 Personal life
• 4 See also
• 5 References

Early life and education

Khamis was born in Saqba near Damascus on 1 August 1961. He earned a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Damascus in 1981.

Career

Khamis was *igned to the management of a number of departments in the General Organization for the distribution and investment power from 1987 to 2005. He was Director General of the General Company for Electricity for the Damascus Governorate from 2005 to 2008. He was appointed Director-General of the Public Corporation for the distribution and investment power in 2008.

Sanctions

The European Union sanctioned Khamis due to his alleged role in using the electric cuts as a way of repressing Syrian people on 24 March 2012.

Corruption allegations

According to Al Akhbar, Khamis was detained after he was dismissed from premiership, and has been interrogated due to corruption charges. However, Khamis was seen shortly after, when he was voting during the 2020 Syrian parliamentary election.

Personal life

Khamis is married and has three children.

See also

• Cabinet of Syria

References

Regional SecretariesMembers of the National Command

• Zaki al-Arsuzi
• Mansur al-Atrash
• Shibli al-Aysami
• Salah al-Din al-Bitar
• Elias Farah
• Wahib al-Ghanim
• Amin al-Hafiz
• Akram al-Hawrani
• Salah Jadid
• Zuheir Mohsen
• Talib El-Shibib
• Khaled Yashruti

Members of the Regional CommandsHeads of stateHeads of government* = in*bentNewspapers

• Al-Baʽath
• Sawt al-Jamahir
• Al-Thawra

WingsPolitical parties

• Arab Socialist Union Party
• Arabic Democratic Union Party
• Democratic Socialist Unionist Party
• Libyan National Movement
• National Covenant Party
• Sawab
• Social Democratic Unionists
• Socialist Democratic Unionist Party
• Socialist Unionist Party
• Syrian Communist Party
  • Bakdash
  • Unified
• Syrian Social Nationalist Party
  • in Lebanon

Other organizations

• General Federation of Trade Unions
• General Union of Peasants