Ministry of Defense (Syria)

Government ministry of Syria responsible for defense affairs

Ministry of Defenseوزارة الدفاع

Agency overview
Formed| 1920; 103 years ago (1920)
Jurisdiction| Government of Syria
Headquarters| Umayyad Square, Damascus
33°30′50.58″N 36°16′42.58″E﻿ / ﻿33.5140500°N 36.2784944°E﻿ / 33.5140500; 36.2784944
Minister responsible|

* Ali Mahmoud Abbas[1], Minister of Defense

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]

## Military Intelligence Agencies[edit]

* Military Intelligence Directorate
* Air Force Intelligence Directorate

## Ministers of Defense[edit]

Saadallah al-JabiriKhalid al-AzmRashad Barmada

### Arab Kingdom of Syria (1918–1920)[edit]

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

### French Mandate for Syria (1920–1946)[edit]

* 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)[edit]

* 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)[edit]

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

### Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)[edit]

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

|
|
|
|
|

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 Party| al-Dawalibi

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

| General
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| 1 year, 213 days| Ba'ath Party| Arnous II

## See also[edit]

* Syrian Armed Forces

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Syria names new defence minister -presidency". Reuters. 28 April 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[edit]

* 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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Syrian security forces

Military|

* Ministry of Defense
* Syrian Armed Forces

* Syrian Army
* Syrian Navy
* Syrian Air Force
* Syrian Air Defense Force
* National Defence Forces

Law enforcement|

* Law enforcement in Syria
* Ministry of Interior
* Syrian Public Security Police
* Syrian Special Mission Forces

Intelligence|

* National Security Bureau of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
* Air Force Intelligence Directorate
* General Intelligence Directorate
* Internal Branch - 251
* Political Security Directorate
* Military Intelligence Directorate

Paramilitary/militia|

* Shabiha
* Popular Committees
* Military Security Shield Forces

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