{{short description|Prime minister of Syria (2016–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Imad Khamis | native_name = {{Lang|ar|{{Script/Arabic|عماد خميس}}|rtl=yes}} | native_name_lang = ar | image = Imad Khamis.jpg | office = [[Prime Minister of Syria]] | president = [[Bashar al-Assad]] | deputy = [[Walid Muallem]] | term_start = 3 July 2016 | term_end = 11 June 2020 | predecessor = [[Wael Nader al-Halqi]] | successor = [[Hussein Arnous]] | office1 = [[Ministry of Electricity (Syria)|Minister of Electricity]] | prime_minister1 = [[Adel Safar]]<br />[[Riyad Farid Hijab]]<br />[[Wael Nader al-Halqi]] | term_start1 = 14 April 2011 | term_end1 = 3 July 2016 | predecessor1 = Ahmad Qusay Kayyali | successor1 = Mohammad Zuhair Kharboutli | birth_name = Imad Muhammad Dib Khamis | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1961|8|1}} | birth_place = [[Saqba]], [[United Arab Republic]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Ba'ath Party]] | other_party = [[National Progressive Front (Syria)|National Progressive Front]] | cabinet = [[Imad Khamis government|Khamis]] | spouse = | children = 3 | alma_mater = [[Damascus University]] | caption = Khamis in 2017 }} '''Imad Muhammad Dib Khamis''' ({{langx|ar|عماد محمد ديب خميس|ʿImād Muḥammad Dīb Khamīs}}; born 1 August 1961) is a Syrian politician who served as the [[Prime Minister of Syria|prime minister of Syria]] from 2016 to 2020 under president [[Bashar al-Assad]]. Previously, he was minister of electricity from 2011 to 2016.
==Early life and education== Khamis was born in [[Saqba]] near [[Damascus]] on 1 August 1961.<ref name="EU">{{cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1575994304847&uri=CELEX:32013D0255|title=Persons and entities referred to in Article 1|publisher=Official Journal of the European Union|access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref> He earned a degree in [[electrical engineering]] from the [[University of Damascus]] in 1981.<ref name=sanabio>{{cite web|title=Minister of Electricity: Eng. Imad Mohammad Deeb Khamis|url=http://sana.sy/eng/article/243.htm|publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency|access-date=25 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314004702/http://sana.sy/eng/article/243.htm|archive-date=14 March 2012}}</ref>
==Premiership== Khamis was assigned to the management of a number of departments in the General Organization for the distribution and investment power from 1987 to 2005. He was Director General of the General Company for Electricity for the [[Damascus Governorate]] from 2005 to 2008. He was appointed Director-General of the Public Corporation for the distribution and investment power in 2008.<ref name=sanabio/>
On 3 July 2016, Khamis was appointed Prime Minister of Syria, following the [[2016 Syrian parliamentary election|2016 parliamentary election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-07-03 |title=الرئيس الأسد يصدر المرسوم رقم 203 القاضي بتشكيل الحكومة السورية الجديدة برئاسة المهندس عماد محمد ديب خميس |url=https://sana.sy/?p=400699 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=S A N A |language=ar}}</ref>
===Sanctions=== The [[European Union]] sanctioned Khamis due to his alleged role in using electric cuts as a way of repressing Syrian people on 24 March 2012.<ref name=EU/>{{Failed verification|date=January 2023|reason=Source does not mention that electric cuts was used to repress the Syrian people}}
===Dismissal=== He was dismissed on 11 June 2020 by President Bashar al-Assad amid a worsening economic crisis and subsequent [[2018–2022 Arab protests#Syria|regional protests]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-11 |title=Syria's Assad replaces prime minister: State media |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/11/syrias-assad-replaces-prime-minister-state-media.html |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> According to ''[[Al Akhbar (Lebanon)|Al Akhbar]]'', Khamis was detained after he was dismissed from premiership, and has been interrogated due to corruption charges.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://al-akhbar.com/Syria/291434 |title=الحملة على الفساد تتمدّد: حيتان المال في القفص |website=al-akhbar.com |language=ar |date=14 July 2020 }}</ref> However, Khamis was seen shortly after, when he was voting during the [[2020 Syrian parliamentary election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aletihadpress.com/?p=242624 |title=وكأن شيئًا لم يكن .. عماد خميس من الإقالة و"التحقيق بتهمة الاختلاس" إلى صندوق الاقتراع |website=Etihad Press |language=ar |date=20 July 2020 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Khamis is married and has three children.<ref name=sanabio/>
==See also== *[[Cabinet of Syria]]
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