Ministry of Interior (Syria)

[ ⚑ ]  33°30′16.5″N 36°16′42.6″E﻿ / ﻿33.504583°N 36.2785°E﻿ / 33.504583; 36.2785 Template:Syrian ministries The Ministry of Interior (Arabic: وزارة الداخلية) is the interior ministry of Syria. Its headquarters are on Merjeh Square in Damascus.[1]

According to the Ministry official website, its task are limited to the protection and enforcement of security.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Organization
* 2 Ministers of Interior
* 3 Related voices
* 4 References

## Organization

The Ministry of Interior is divided into several Directorates:

* General Security Directorate;
* Political Security Directorate;
* Criminal Security Directorate;
* Counter-Narcotics Directorate;
* Medical Services Directorate.[3]

The Ministry of Interior also have a Quick reaction force, the Syrian Special Mission Forces.

## Ministers of Interior

* Sabri al-Asali (31 December 1956 - 6 March 1958)
* Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj (6 March 1958 - 28 September 1961)
* Adnan Qutla (29 September 1961 - 20 November 1961)
* Ahmad Qanbar (22 December 1961 - 27 March 1962)
* Abdel Halim Qaddur (16 April 1962 - 17 September 1962)
* Aziz Abdul Karim (17 September 1962 - 8 March 1963)
* Amin al-Hafiz (9 March 1963 - 4 August 1963)
* Nureddin al-Atassi (4 August 1963 - 14 May 1964)
* Mohamed Fahmy Achouri (14 May 1964 - 3 October 1964)
* Abd al-Karim al-Jundi (3 October 1964 - 24 December 1964)
* Mohammed Khair Badawi (24 December 1964 - 23 September 1965)
* Mohammed Eid Achaoui (23 September 1965 - 27 December 1965)
* Mohamed Fahmy Achouri (1 January 1966 - 23 February 1966)
* Mohammed Eid Achaoui (1 March 1966 - 28 October 1968)
* Mohammed Rabah Al-Tawil (28 October 1968 - 21 November 1970)
* Abdul Rahman Khalafawi (21 November 1970 – 4 March 1971)
* Ali Zaza (4 March 1971 – 8 July 1976)
* Adnan Dabbagh (8 July 1976 – 14 January 1980)
* Nasser al-Din Nasir (14 January 1980 – 8 April 1985)
* Mohammad Ghobash (8 April 1985 – 11 January 1987)
* Muhammad Harba (11 January 1987 – 12 December 2001)[4]
* Ali Hammoud (13 December 2001 – 7 October 2004)[4]
* Ghazi Kanaan (7 October 2004 – 12 October 2005)
* Bassam Abdel Majeed (12 February 2006 – 23 April 2009)
* Said Sammour (23 April 2009 – 14 April 2011)
* Mohammad al-Shaar (14 April 2011 – incumbent)[5]

## Related voices

* Government of Syria
* Law enforcement in Syria

## References

1. ↑ Simon Collis (9 February 2012). "Why you shouldn’t question what you know is true". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/simoncollis/2012/02/09/why-you-shouldn’t-question-what-you-know-is-true/. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
2. ↑ "مهام الوزارة" (in Arabic). http://syriamoi.gov.sy/new/index.php?req=552&cat=25. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
3. ↑ Qaddour, Basma (13 October 2016). "Major General Al-Shater: About 9000 personnel from Internal Security Forces wounded since start of crisis in Syria". The Syria Times. http://syriatimes.sy/index.php/news/local/26902-major-general-al-shater-about-9000-personnel-from-internal-security-forces-wounded-since-start-of-crisis-in-syria. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gambil, Gary (Feb 2002). "The Military-Intelligence Shakeup in Syria". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin 4 (2). http://www.meforum.org/meib/articles/0202_s1.htm. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
5. ↑ "Top Syrian officials killed in major blow to al-Assad's regime". CNN.com. http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/18/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html. Retrieved 2013-09-17.

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