Ministry of Public Works and Housing (Syria)

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Ministry of Public Works and Housing
وزارة الأشغال العامة والإسكان
, Yusuf al-Azma Square, Damascus, Syria
Telephone: +963 11 2217571
Current minister Suhail Mohammad Abdullatif
Established 1920, 2016 (current form)
Preceding agency Ministry of Public Works
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
Jurisdiction Syrian Arab Republic
Headquarters Damascus
Annual budget 27,4 billion SYP (2018) [1]
Website http://mopwh.gov.sy/

The Ministry of Public Works and Housing is a department of the Council of Ministers. It is based in Yusuf al-Azma Square, Damascus.[2]

Responsibilities[]

The ministry participates in planning of urban development affairs by drawing the general policy for sustainable urban planning and development, and preparing development plans and programs from the regional level to the local level.

And in the affairs of housing and real estate development, by working to provide the basic ingredients for the development of the housing sector to produce real estate products that meet the needs of society through real estate development projects.

As for public works affairs, it is through the implementation of construction projects in the administrative public sector agencies through the work of the public construction companies affiliated with the Ministry.[3]

Ministers[]

Minister Government Term
Minister of Public Works and Housing
Mansour Fadlallah Azzam Riyad Hijab  government
First Wael al-Halqi government
2012 to 2013
Hussein Arnous[4] First Wael al-Halqi government
Second Wael al-Halqi government
Imad Khamis government
2013 to 2018
Suhail Mohammad Abdullatif First Hussein Arnous government
Second Hussein Arnous government
2018 to present

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "PA committee discusses Local Administration Ministry's Budget for 2017 set at nearly 25 billion SYP". www.sana.sy. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  2. ^ "Ministry of public works and Housing". mopwh.gov.sy. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  3. ^ "Ministerial committee inspects reconstruction projects in Aleppo and Raqqa". SANA. 2018-05-05. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  4. ^ "Syrian President issues decree on forming new government". Pars Today. 2020-08-31. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
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