Ministry of Defense (Syria)

Government ministry of Syria responsible for defense affairs

Ministry of Defenseوزارة الدفاع

Emblem of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces

Flag of the Minister of Defense

Agency overview
Formed| 1920; 104 years ago (1920)
Jurisdiction| Government of Syria
Headquarters| Mahdi Bin Baraka Street, Umayyad Square, Damascus
33°30′50.58″N 36°16′42.58″E﻿ / ﻿33.5140500°N 36.2784944°E﻿ / 33.5140500; 36.2784944
Motto| وطن، شرف، إخلاص
Watan, Sharaf, Ikhlas
("Homeland, Honor, Sincerity")
Minister responsible|

* General Ali Mahmoud Abbas, Minister of Defense[1]

Child agency|

* General Staff of the Army and Armed Forces

Website| www.mod.gov.sy

The Ministry of Defense (Arabic: وزارة الدفاع) is a government ministry office of the Syrian Arab Republic, responsible for defense affairs in Syria.[2] Ali Mahmoud Abbas, Minister of Defense holds the position of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces.[3]

## Ministers of Defense

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Yusuf al-Azma Saadallah al-Jabiri Khalid al-Azm

### Arab Kingdom of Syria (1918–1920)

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* Yusuf al-'Azma (January 1920 – 24 July 1920)
* Jamil al-Ulshi (25 July 1920 – 30 November 1920)

### French Mandate for Syria (1920–1946)

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* Shukri al-Quwatli (21 December 1936 – 22 March 1938)
* Jamil Mardam Bey (22 March 1938 – 23 February 1939)
* Mazhar Raslan (23 February 1939 – 5 April 1939)
* Nasuhi al-Bukhari (5 April 1939 – 4 July 1939)
* Abd al-Ghaffar al-Atrash (20 September 1941 – 15 March 1942)
* Hasan al-Atrash (18 April 1942 – 25 March 1943)
* Ata Bey al-Ayyubi (25 March 1943 – 19 August 1943)
* Nasuhi al-Bukhari (19 August 1943 – 14 October 1944)
* Jamil Mardam Bey (14 October 1944 – 5 April 1945) and (5 April 1945 – 26 August 1945)
* Khalid al-Azm (26 August 1945 – 30 September 1945)
* Saadallah al-Jabiri (30 September 1945 – 27 April 1946)

### First Syrian Republic and Second Syrian Republic (1946–1958)

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* Nabih al-Azma (27 April 1946 – 17 June 1946)
* Ahmad al-Sharabati (17 June 1946 – 23 May 1948)
* Jamil Mardam Bey (23 August 1948 – 12 December 1948)
* Khalid al-Azm (12 December 1948 – 17 April 1949) and (13 February 1955 – 13 September 1955)
* Husni al-Za'im (17 April 1949 – 1 July 1949)
* Abdullah Atfeh (1 July 1949 – 28 December 1949)
* Akram al-Hawrani (28 December 1949 – 4 June 1950)
* Fawzi Selu (4 June 1950 – 13 November 1951) and (9 June 1952 – 19 July 1953)
* Zaki al-Khatib (13 November 1951 – 9 June 1952)
* Raf'at Khankan (19 July 1953 – 1 March 1954)
* Maarouf al-Dawalibi (1 March 1954 – 19 June 1954)
* Said al-Ghazzi (19 June 1954 – 3 November 1954)
* Rashad Barmada (3 November 1954 – 13 February 1955), (13 September 1955 – 14 June 1956)
* Abd al-Hasib Raslan (14 June 1956 – 22 February 1958)

### United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

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* Abdel Hakim Amer (22 February 1958 – 28 September 1961)

### Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)

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No. | Portrait  | Name
(Born-Died) | Term of office  | Political party  | Government

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Took office  | Left office  | Time in office

| Maamun al-Kuzbari
(1914–1998)| 28 September 1961| 20 November 1961| 53 days| Arab Liberation Movement| al-Kuzbari

| Izzat al-Nuss
(1912–1976)| 20 November 1961| 22 December 1961| 32 days| Military| al-Nuss

| Rashad Barmada
(1913–1988)| 22 December 1961| 16 April 1962| 115 days| People's| al-Dawalibi

| General
Abdul Karim Zahreddine [ar]
(1917–2009)| 16 April 1962| 8 March 1963| 326 days| Independent| al-Azma
al-Azm

| Field Marshal
Muhammad al-Sufi
(1927–2018)| 9 March 1963| 11 May 1963| 63 days| Independent| al-Bitar I

| Major General
Ziad al-Hariri
(born 1930)| 11 May 1963| 4 August 1963| 85 days| Independent| al-Bitar I–II

| Major General
Abdullah Ziadeh
(1915–1998)| 4 August 1963| 14 May 1964| 284 days| Independent| al-Bitar III
al-Hafiz I

| Major General
Mamdouh Jaber [ar]
(born 1928)| 14 May 1964| 23 September 1965| 1 year, 132 days| Ba'ath Party| al-Bitar IV
al-Hafiz II

| Major General
Hamad Ubayd [ar]
(born 1928)| 23 September 1965| 27 December 1965| 95 days| Ba'ath Party| Zuayyin I
10|

| Major General
Muhammad Umran
(1922–1972)| 1 January 1966| 23 February 1966| 53 days| Ba'ath Party| al-Bitar V
11|

| Major General
Hafez al-Assad
(1930–2000)| 23 February 1966| 17 March 1971| 5 years, 22 days| Ba'ath Party| Zuayyin II
al-Atassi
al-Assad
12|

| Colonel General
Mustafa Tlass
(1932–2017)| 22 March 1972| 12 May 2004| 32 years, 51 days| Ba'ath Party| Khleifawi I
[...]
al-Otari
13|

| Lieutenant General
Hasan Turkmani
(1935–2012)| 12 May 2004| 3 June 2009| 5 years, 22 days| Ba'ath Party| al-Otari
14|

| Colonel General
Ali Habib Mahmud
(1939–2020)| 3 June 2009| 8 August 2011| 2 years, 66 days| Ba'ath Party| al-Otari
Safar
15|

| Colonel General
Dawoud Rajiha
(1947–2012)| 8 August 2011| 18 July 2012 †| 345 days| Ba'ath Party| Safar
Hijab
16|

| Colonel General
Fahd Jassem al-Freij
(born 1950)| 18 July 2012| 1 January 2018| 5 years, 167 days| Ba'ath Party| Hijab
al-Halqi I–II
Khamis
17|

| Lieutenant General
Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
(born 1952)| 1 January 2018| 28 April 2022| 4 years, 117 days| Ba'ath Party| Khamis
Arnous I–II
18|

| Lieutenant General
Ali Mahmoud Abbas
(born 1964)| 28 April 2022| Incumbent| 2 years, 205 days| Ba'ath Party| Arnous II

## Timeline

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## Military Intelligence Agencies

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* Military Intelligence Directorate
* Air Force Intelligence Directorate

## See also

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* Syrian Armed Forces

## References

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1. ^ "Syria names new defence minister -presidency". Reuters. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
2. ^ "= وزارة الدفاع في الجمهورية العربية السور". mod.gov.sy (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
3. ^ "عنوان السيرة الذاتية للعماد علي عبد الله أيوب نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء- وزير الدفاع" (in Arabic). pministry.gov.sy. Retrieved 2022-01-23.

## External links

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* Ministry of Defense

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Syrian Ministers of Defense

Kingdom of Syria
(1920)|

Kingdom of Syria

* al-Ulshi
* al-'Azma

French Mandate of Syria
(1920–1946)
post established 1932|

French Mandate of Syria

* al-Atrash
* al-Quwatli
* al-Ayyubi
* al-Bukhari

Second Syrian Republic
(1946–1958)|

Syrian Arab Republic

* Mardam Bey
* al-Azm
* al-Jabiri
* al-'Azma
* al-Sharabati
* al-Za'im
* Atfeh
* al-Hawrani
* Selu
* Barmada
* al-Khatib
* Khankan
* al-Dawalibi
* al-Ghazzi
* Raslan

United Arab Republic
(1958–1961)|

United Arab Republic

* Amer

Second Syrian Republic
(1961–1963)|

Syrian Arab Republic

* al-Kuzbari
* al-Nuss
* Barmada
* Zahreddine

Syrian Arab Republic
(1963–Present)
post 1963 Syrian coup d'état|

Syrian Arab Republic

* al-Sufi
* al-Hariri
* Ziade
* Jaber
* Ubayd
* Umran
* al-Assad
* Tlass
* Turkmani
* Mahmud
* Rajiha
* al-Freij
* Ayyoub
* Abbas

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