Government ministry of Syria
TheMinistry of Interior (Arabic :وزارة الداخلية ) is acabinet ministry ofSyria , responsible forinternal affairs . Its headquarters were located onKafr Sousa inDamascus .[ 1] [ 2]
The former headquarters of the Ministry of Interior was located at the Grand Serail which was established in 1900 nearMarjeh Square .[ 3] Ministry of Tourism in 2011 for use as a hotel.[ 4]
The Ministry of Interior is divided into several Directorates:
Internal structure during theBa'athist era :
Ministers of Interior [ edit ] Ata Bey al-Ayyubi Rashid Talaa (30 September 1918 – 8 March 1920)Reda Al Solh (9 March 1920 – 3 May 1920)(1st tenure) vacant (3 May 1920 – 5 May 1920)Reda Al Solh (5 May 1920 – 25 July 1920)(2nd tenure) Ata Bey al-Ayyubi (25 July 1920 – 28 June 1922)(1st tenure) Mustafa Nemat (28 June 1922 – 21 December 1924) Nasri Bakhash (21 December 1924 – 21 December 1925) Husni al-Barazi (4 May 1926 – 12 June 1926)(1st tenure) Wathiq Moayad al-Azm (12 June 1926 – 2 December 1926) Raouf Al Ayoubi (2 December 1926 – 8 February 1928) Said Mahasin (15 February 1928 – 19 November 1931) Badie Moayad al-Azm (19 November 1931 – 11 June 1932) (Acting ) Haqqi al-Azm (15 June 1932 – 17 March 1934)Taj al-Din al-Hasani (17 May 1934 – 23 February 1936)Ata Bey al-Ayyubi (23 February 1936 – 21 December 1936)(2nd tenure) Saadallah al-Jabiri (21 December 1936 – 18 February 1939)Nasuhi al-Bukhari (5 April 1939 – 8 July 1939)Saadallah al-Jabiri Khalid al-Azm (3 April 1941 – 12 September 1941)Husni al-Barazi (18 April 1942 – 8 January 1943)(2nd tenure) Jamil al-Ulshi (8 January 1943 – 25 March 1943)Ata Bey al-Ayyubi (25 March 1943 – 19 August 1936)(3rd tenure) Lutfi al-Haffar (19 August 1943 – 14 October 1944)(1st tenure) Fares al-Khoury (14 October 1944 – 14 March 1945)Sabri al-Asali (14 March 1945 – 23 August 1945)(1st tenure) Lutfi al-Haffar (26 August 1945 – 25 April 1946)(2nd tenure) Sabri al-Asali (25 April 1946 – 27 December 1946)(2nd tenure) Jamil Mardam Bey (28 December 1946 – 2 October 1947)Muhsin al-Barazi (6 October 1947 – 19 August 1948)Sabri al-Asali (23 August 1948 – 2 December 1948)(3rd tenure) Adel al-Azma (16 December 1948 – 29 March 1949) Husni al-Za'im (16 April 1949 – 26 June 1949)Muhsin al-Barazi (26 June 1949 – 14 August 1949)Rushdi al-Kikhya (14 August 1949 – 12 December 1949)Ahmad Qanbar (24 December 1949 – 27 December 1949)(1st tenure) Sami Kabbara (27 December 1949 – 4 June 1950)(1st tenure) Rashad Barmada (4 June 1950 – 27 March 1951)(1st tenure) Sami Kabbara (28 March 1951 – 8 August 1951)(2nd tenure) Rashad Barmada (9 August 1951 – 28 November 1951)(2nd tenure) Ahmad Qanbar (28 November 1951 – 1 December 1951)(2nd tenure) Fawzi Selu (9 June 1952 – 11 July 1953)Nuri al-Aybash (19 July 1953 – 1 March 1954) Ali Bozo (1 March 1954 – 19 June 1954)(1st tenure) Ismail Quly (19 June 1954 – 29 October 1954) Ahmad Qanbar (29 October 1954 – 13 February 1955)(3rd tenure) Sabri al-Asali (13 February 1955 – 13 September 1955)(4th tenure) Abdul-Hasib Arslan (13 September 1955 – 14 September 1955) Ali Bozo (14 September 1955 – 14 June 1956)(2nd tenure) Ahmad Qanbar (14 June 1956 – 31 December 1957)(4th tenure) Sabri al-Asali (31 December 1956 – 6 March 1958)(5th tenure) Rushdi Al-Kikhya Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj (6 March 1958 – 28 September 1961)Adnan al-Quwatli (29 September 1961 – 20 November 1961) Abdul-Salam al-Tarmanini (20 November 1961 – 22 December 1961) Ahmad Qanbar (22 December 1961 – 27 March 1962)(5th tenure) Abdel Halim Qaddur (16 April 1962 – 17 September 1962) Aziz Abdul Karim (17 September 1962 – 8 March 1963) Nureddin al-Atassi 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 Khleifawi (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 Nasser (14 January 1980 – 8 April 1985) Mohammad Ghobash (8 April 1985 – 11 January 1987) Muhammad Harba (11 January 1987 – 12 December 2001)[ 7] Ali Hammoud (13 December 2001 – 7 October 2004)[ 7] 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 – 26 November 2018)[ 8] Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun (26 November 2018 – 8 December 2024)Mohammad Abdul Rahman (10 December 2024 – 19 January 2025)Ali Keda (19 January 2025 – 29 March 2025)Anas Khattab (29 March 2025 – present)
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