title: Ministry of Public Works and Housing (Syria)
text: # Ministry of Public Works and Housing (Syria)
  
  The Ministry of Public Works and Housing is a department of the Council of Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic. It is based in Yusuf al-Azma Square, Damascus.
  
  ## Responsibilities
  
  The ministry participates in planning of urban development affairs by drawing the general policy for sustainable urban planning and development, and preparing development plans and programs from the regional level to the local level.
  
  And in the affairs of housing and real estate development, by working to provide the basic ingredients for the development of the housing sector to produce real estate products that meet the needs of society through real estate development projects.
  
  As for public works affairs, it is through the implementation of construction projects in the administrative public sector agencies through the work of the public construction companies affiliated with the Ministry.
  
  ## Ministers
  
  | Minister | Government | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Minister of Public Works and Housing |||
  | Mansour Fadlallah Azzam | Riyad Hijab government First Wael al-Halqi government | 2012 to 2013 |
  | Hussein Arnous | First Wael al-Halqi government Second Wael al-Halqi government Imad Khamis government | 2013 to 2018 |
  | Suhail Mohammad Abdullatif | First Hussein Arnous government Second Hussein Arnous government | 2018 to present |
  