Tammam Raad Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	His Excellency
Tammam Raad
Native Name Lang:	ar
Office:	Minister of Water Resources
Term Start:	30 August 2020
Term End:	13 December 2023
President:	Bashar al-Assad
Predecessor:	Hussein Arnous
Primeminister:	Hussein Arnous
Successor:	Hussein Makhlouf
Birth Place:	Homs, Homs Governorate, Syria
Nationality:	Syrian
Party:	Ba'ath Party
Children:	3
Residence:	Damascus
Alma Mater:	Al-Baath University
Occupation:	Doctor of Civil Engineering
Profession:	Politician

Tammam Raad (Arabic: تمام رعد) (born 1965) is a Syrian politician, the former Minister of Water Resources between 2020 and 2023.

Education and career

• 2004-2005: Director of Homs branch to the Orontes basin, head of Planning and Studies^[1]
• 2004-2011: Assistant director of Water Resources in Homs Governorate
• 2011-2015: Manager of water resources at Homs
• 2013: PhD in Civil Engineering, specialized in Engineering and Water Resources Management
• 2015-2019: General manager of the General Company for Water and Engineering Studies
• 2019-2020: General Director of the Public establishment for Land reclamation

Political career

He was appointed Minister of Water Resources in the First Hussein Arnous government at its founding in August 2020.^[2] He was dismissed in December 2023.

Personal life

He got married with three children.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prime Minister's Office . Prime Minister's Office – Syrian Arab News Agency . Sana.sy . 2021-10-21.
2. Web site: 2020-08-31. من هو وزير الموارد المائية الجديد تمام رعد؟ تلفزيون الخبر ::اخبار سوريا::. 2021-12-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20200831213115/https://alkhabar-sy.com/%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85/ . 2020-08-31 .