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Muhammad Nabil Al Khatib | |
|---|---|
محمد نبيل الخطيب | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 13 March 2000 – 18 September 2003 | |
| President | |
| Prime Minister | Muhammad Mustafa Mero |
| Preceded by | Abdullah Tolba |
| Succeeded by | Nizar Al Assi |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Ba'ath Party |
Muhammad Nabil Al Khatib (Arabic: محمد نبيل الخطيب) is a Syrian politician and member of the Ba'ath Party. He served as justice minister from 2000 to 2003.
Career
[edit]Khatib became a member of the central committee of the Baath Party in 2000.[1] He was first appointed justice minister by President Hafez al-Assad to the cabinet headed by Muhammad Mustafa Mero in March 2000.[2][3] He continued to serve as justice minister after the first cabinet reshuffle by Bashar al-Assad when he became the president of Syria.[4] In a 2001 reshuffle, he retained his post.[5] His term lasted until 2003.[6] Then Khatib was appointed head of the Syrian Commission in 2006, which was in charge of investigating the assassination of Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri.[1] In April 2009, President Bashar Assad named Khatib as chairman of the central commission of inspection.[7][8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Sami Moubayed (10–18 January 2006). "Upping the ante". Al Ahram Weekly. Vol. 777. Archived from the original on 26 March 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ "New government formed in Syria". Arabic News. 14 March 2000. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, ed. (2002). Middle East Contemporary Survey 2000. Vol. 24. Tel Aviv: The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 557. ISBN 978-965-224-054-5.
- ↑ Gary C. Gambill (March 2000). "Bashar Reshuffles Syrian Government". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 2 (3).
- ↑ "New Syrian Government Formed; Veteran Guards Retain Defence and Foreign Portfolios". Albawaba. 14 December 2001. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ Sami Moubayed (25–31 December 2003). "Syria: much ado, but nothing happened". Al Ahram Weekly. Vol. 670. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ "Syrian president reshuffles cabinet with five new ministers". People's Daily. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ↑ "Syrian president reshuffles cabinet". Xinhua. 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2013.