Ministry of Defense (Syria)

The Ministry of Defense (Arabic: وزارة الدفاع‎) is a government ministry office of the Syrian Arab Republic, responsible for defense affairs in Syria.

Ministry of Defense
وزارة الدفاع
Agency overview
JurisdictionSyrian Armed Forces
HeadquartersUmayyad Square, Damascus
33°30′50.58″N 36°16′42.58″E
Minister responsible
Websitewww.mod.gov.sy
Saadallah al-Jabiri
Khalid al-Azm
Rashad Barmada

Ministers of Defense

State of Syria

Mandatory Syria

Syrian Republic
  • Jamil Mardam Bey (5 April 1945 – 26 August 1945) and (23 August 1948 – 12 December 1948)
  • Khalid al-Azm (26 August 1945 – 30 September 1945), (12 December 1948 – 17 April 1949) and (13 February 1955 – 13 September 1955)
  • Saadallah al-Jabiri (23 October 1945 – 27 April 1946)
  • Nabih al-'Azma (27 April 1946 – 17 June 1946)
  • Ahmad al-Sharabati (28 October 1946 – 23 May 1948)
  • Husni al-Za'im (17 April 1949 – 1 July 1949)
  • Abdullah Atfeh (1 July 1949 – 28 December 1949)
  • Akram El-Hourani (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) and (22 December 1961 – 16 April 1962)
  • Abd al-Hasib Raslan (14 June 1956 – 22 February 1958)
  • Abdel Hakim Amer (22 February 1958 – 28 September 1961)
  • Maamun al-Kuzbari (28 September 1961 – 20 November 1961)
  • Izzat al-Nuss (20 November 1961 – 22 December 1961)
  • Abdul Karim Zahreddine (16 April 1962 – 8 March 1963)

Syrian Arab Republic
No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)		 Term of office Political Party
Took office Left office Time in office
1
General
Muhammad al-Sufi
(born 1927)		9 March 196311 May 196363 daysIndependent
2
Major General
Ziad al-Hariri
(born 1930)		11 May 19634 August 196385 daysIndependent
3
Major General
Abdullah Ziade		4 August 196314 May 1964284 daysIndependent
4
Major General
Mamdouh Jaber
(born 1928)		14 May 196423 September 19651 year, 132 daysBa'ath Party
5
Major General
Hamad Ubayd
(born 1928)		23 September 196527 December 196595 daysBa'ath Party
6
Major General
Muhammad Umran
(1922–1972)		1 January 196623 February 196653 daysBa'ath Party
7
Major General
Hafez al-Assad
(1930–2000)		23 February 196617 March 19715 years, 22 daysBa'ath Party
8
General
Mustafa Tlass
(1932–2017)		22 March 197212 May 200432 years, 51 daysBa'ath Party
9
Lieutenant General
Hasan Turkmani
(1935–2012)		12 May 20043 June 20095 years, 22 daysBa'ath Party
10
General
Ali Habib Mahmud
(1939–2020)		3 June 20098 August 20112 years, 66 daysBa'ath Party
11
General
Dawoud Rajiha
(1947–2012)		8 August 201118 July 2012345 daysBa'ath Party
12
General
Fahd Jassem al-Freij
(born 1950)		18 July 20121 January 20185 years, 167 daysBa'ath Party
13
General
Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
(born 1952)		1 January 2018Incumbent3 years, 34 daysBa'ath Party
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