Osama Abu Zaid

In this Arabic name, the surname is Abu Zaid.

Osama Abu Zaid (Arabic: أسامة أبو زيد) is a Syrian politician who served as the Minister of Water Resources in the Syrian caretaker government that was formed under prime minister Mohammed al-Bashir in the aftermath of the fall of the Assad regime.^[1]

Osama Abu Zaid
أسامة أبو زيد
Minister of Water Resources
In office December 2024 – 29 March 2025
President	Ahmed al-Sharaa[a]
Prime Minister	Mohammed al-Bashir
Preceded by	Moataz Qattan
Succeeded by	Mohammed al-Bashir (as Minister of Energy)
Director of the Public Agency for Drinking Water under the Syrian Salvation Government
In office October 2024 – 10 December 2024
Prime Minister	Mohammed al-Bashir
Succeeded by	Position abolished
In office November 2017 – 2020
Prime Minister	Mohammed al-Sheikh Fawwaz Hilal Ali Keda
Preceded by	Position established

Career

Abu Zaid previously worked within the General Administration of Services affiliated with Al-Nusra Front. He was the group's representative in the Water Directorate established by the Army of Conquest in Idlib following its capture in 2015.^[2]

In November 2017, he was appointed as the Director of the Public Agency for Drinking Water under the Syrian Salvation Government, a position he held until early 2020. He then became the Executive Director of Green Energy Company for Electricity in Idlib from 2020 to 2024.^[2]

Before October 2024, Abu Zaid returned to his role as Director of the Public Agency for Drinking Water in Idlib under the Salvation Government. On 10 December 2024, when the Syrian caretaker government was formed under Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir, he was appointed as the Minister of Water Resources.^[2]