Muhammad Nabil Al Khatib

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.

Muhammad Nabil Al Khatib
محمد نبيل الخطيب‎
Minister of Justice
In office 13 March 2000 – 18 September 2003
President	Hafez al-Assad Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Muhammad Mustafa Mero
Preceded by	Abdullah Tolba
Succeeded by	Nizar Al Assi
Personal details
Nationality	Syrian
Political party	Ba'ath Party

Career

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]