Imad Khamis was tasked with forming the new “cabinet” on Wednesday, Assad news agency, SANA, reported.
Sources had earlier told the Russian English-language news channel RT that the new cabinet will include 12 new “ministers,” such as the justice minister, health minister and the minister of electricity.
According to the report, the key portfolios will remain intact as the ministers of foreign affairs, interior, defense and finance will not be changed.
File photo shows Syria’s Electricity Minister Imad Khamis.
Khamis is to submit his proposal for new ministerial appointments in the coming days, AFP reported.
He is a 54-year-old engineer, who is to replace Wael al-Halqi who had held the post since August 2012.
