Muhammad Nabil Al Khatib

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Muhammad Nabil Al Khatib
Minister of Justice
In office
13 March 2000 – 18 September 2003
President
Prime MinisterMuhammad Mustafa Mero
Preceded byAbdullah Tolba
Succeeded byNizar Al Assi
Personal details
NationalitySyrian
Political partySyrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist 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. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ "New government formed in Syria". Arabic News. 14 March 2000. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Gary C. Gambill (March 2000). "Bashar Reshuffles Syrian Government". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 2 (3).
  5. ^ "New Syrian Government Formed; Veteran Guards Retain Defence and Foreign Portfolios". Albawaba. 14 December 2001. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Syrian president reshuffles cabinet with five new ministers". People's Daily. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Syrian president reshuffles cabinet". Xinhua. 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2013.