Imad Muhammad Dib Khamis (Arabic: عماد محمد ديب خميس, romanized: ʿImād Muḥammad Dīb Khamīs; born 1 August 1961) is a Syrian politician who served as the 67th prime minister of Syria from 2016 to 2020 under president Bashar al-Assad.
[2] 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.
[3] 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.
[1][failed verification] He was dismissed on 11 June 2020 by President Bashar al-Assad amid a worsening economic crisis and subsequent regional protests.
[4] According to Al Akhbar, Khamis was detained after he was dismissed from premiership, and has been interrogated due to corruption charges.