Imad Khamis

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-Assad. Previously, he was Minister of Electricity from 2011 to 2016.

Imad Khamis
67th Prime Minister of Syria
In office
3 July 2016 – 11 June 2020
PresidentBashar al-Assad
DeputyWalid Muallem
Preceded byWael Nader al-Halqi
Succeeded byHussein Arnous
Minister of Electricity
In office
14 April 2011 – 3 July 2016
Prime MinisterAdel Safar
Riyad Farid Hijab
Wael Nader al-Halqi
Preceded byAhmad Qusay Kayyali
Succeeded byMohammad Zuhair Kharboutli
Personal details
Born (1961-08-01) 1 August 1961
Saqba, Syria
Political partyBa'ath Party
Other political
affiliations		National Progressive Front
Children3
Alma materDamascus University

Early life and education

Khamis was born in Saqba near Damascus on 1 August 1961.[1] He earned a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Damascus in 1981.[2]

Career

Khamis was assigned 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.[2]

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.[1]

Corruption allegations

According to Al Akhbar, Khamis was detained after he was dismissed from premiership, and has been interrogated due to corruption charges.[3] However, Khamis was seen shortly after, when he was voting during the 2020 Syrian parliamentary election.[4]

Personal life

Khamis is married and has three children.[2]

See also
  • Cabinet of Syria

References
  1. "Persons and entities referred to in Article 1". Official Journal of the European Union. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. "Minister of Electricity: Eng. Imad Mohammad Deeb Khamis". SANA. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. "الحملة على الفساد تتمدّد: حيتان المال في القفص". al-akhbar.com (in Arabic). 14 July 2020.
  4. "وكأن شيئًا لم يكن .. عماد خميس من الإقالة و"التحقيق بتهمة الاختلاس" إلى صندوق الاقتراع". Etihad Press (in Arabic). 20 July 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by
Wael Nader al-Halqi		 Prime Minister of Syria
2016–2020		 Succeeded by
Hussein Arnous
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