Hossam Katerji
Hossam Katerji | |
|---|---|
حسام القاطرجي | |
| Member of People's Assembly of Syria | |
| In office 6 June 2016 – 21 August 2024[1] | |
| Constituency | Aleppo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 January 1982 |
| Citizenship | Syria |
| Relations | Mohammed Baraa Katerji (brother) |
| Known for | CEO of Katerji Group (a.k.a. al-Qatirji Company/Qatirji Company/ Khatirji Group/Katerji International Group |
| Nickname(s) | Hussam Katerji, Hossam Ahmed, Mohammed Katerji, Muhammad Katerji |
Hossam al-Katerji (Arabic: حسام القاطرجي, born 11 January 1982),[2] also known as Hossam Katerji, is a Syrian businessman and former member of the People's Assembly of Syria, Syria's parliament.[3][4]
Career
Katerji is the proprietor of Katerji Group and involved in the petroleum industry in Syria. He was first elected at the 2016 Syrian parliamentary election[5] and later reelected at the 2020 Syrian parliamentary election.[6] He is sanctioned by the European Union[7][2] in 2019 for his links to the Assad regime, as he "supports and benefits from the regime through enabling, and profiting from, trade deals with the regime in relation to oil and wheat."[8][2]
Katerji has been described as a member of a new class of brokers that has arisen during the Syrian Civil War that move goods between areas held by the Syrian regime, rebels, and ISIL.[9]
Personal life
In October 2023, Katerji fled Syria following the death of a relative, after which the office of First Lady Asma al-Assad reportedly moved to confiscate his assets.[10]
His elder brother, Mohammed Baraa, was assassinated by an Israeli airstrike near the Syrian Lebanese border in July 2024.[11]
References
- ^ "لرئيس الأسد يصدر مرسوماً يتضمن أسماء الفائزين بعضوية مجلس الشعب للدور التشريعي الرابع". SANA (in Arabic). 29 July 2024. Archived from the original on 12 October 2025. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ a b c Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2019/87 of 21 January 2019 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria, 21 January 2019, retrieved 1 February 2022
- ^ "How a businessman struck a deal with Islamic State to help Assad feed Syrians". Reuters. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ Cornish, Chloe (3 October 2019). "The men making a fortune from Syria's war". Financial Times. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "أعضاء مجلس الشعب". People's Assembly of Syria (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ Ullah, Areeb (22 July 2020). "Syria's sham elections reveal shifting loyalties". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Mohammed al-Katerji - Sanctioned individual card". Lursoft. 1 February 2022.
- ^ "Katerji Signs Contract with Chinese Company to Build Large Machinery Plant". The Syrian Observer. Al-Souria Net. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ Mazur, Kevin (2021). Revolution in Syria : identity, networks, and repression. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-108-91527-4. OCLC 1258041341.
- ^ "هروب حسام قاطرجي وأسماء الأسد تستولي على ممتلكاته" (in Arabic). SY Monitor. 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Prominent Syrian businessman killed in suspected Israeli strike". Reuters. 15 July 2024.