Bassam Tohme

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Bassam Tohme
بسام طعمة
Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources
In office
30 August 2020 – 29 March 2023
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterHussein Arnous
Preceded byAli Suleiman Ghanem
Succeeded byFiras Hassan Kaddour
Personal details
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Safita, Tartous Governorate, Syria
Children3
ResidenceDamascus
Alma materAl-Baath University
OccupationBachelor of Engineering
ProfessionPolitician, Oil engineer

Bassam Tohme (Arabic: بسام طعمة; born 1969) is a former Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources of Syria.[1]

Life and education[edit]

He was born in Safita in 1969. He has got a degree in petroleum engineering from al-Ba’ath University in 1993. He got married with three children. [2]

Career[edit]

He started work in the Syrian Petroleum Company, Al-Gebsa Fields Directorate in 1993 and he was an engineer in the Central region gas project from 1993 to 1995.

Head of the Gas Collection and Processing Department of the Syrian Gas Company from 2003 to 2005.

He was appointed as Director of Service Contracts of the General Petroleum Corporation from 18 November 2018.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "من هو وزير النفط والثروة المعدنية الجديد بسام طعمة ؟ | تلفزيون الخبر ::اخبار سوريا::". alkhabar-sy.com. 2020-08-31. Archived from the original on 2020-08-31. Retrieved 2021-03-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Prime Minister's Office". SANA. 2020-08-31. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  3. ^ "Prime Minister's Office". SANA. 2020-08-31. Retrieved 2021-07-05.

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