| وزارة الدفاع | |
 Emblem of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces | |
.svg) 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 |
| Minister responsible | |
| Child agency | |
| Website | www |
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The Ministry of Defense (Arabic: وزارة الدفاع) is a government ministry office of the Syria, responsible for defense affairs in Syria. Ali Mahmoud Abbas, Minister of Defense holds the position of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces.
Following the fall of the al-Assad regime in December 2024, transitional prime minister Mohammed Al-Bashir has said the defense ministry would be restructured using former rebel factions and officers who defected from Assad’s army.
Ministers of Defense
Arab Kingdom of Syria (1918–1920)
- Yusuf al-'Azma (January 1920 – 24 July 1920)
- Jamil al-Ulshi (25 July 1920 – 30 November 1920)
French Mandate for Syria (1920–1946)
- 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)
- 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)
- Abdel Hakim Amer (22 February 1958 – 28 September 1961)
Syrian Arab Republic (1961–2024)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term of office | Political party | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |
 | Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914–1998) | 28 September 1961 | 20 November 1961 | 53 days | Arab Liberation Movement | al-Kuzbari |
| 2 |
 | Izzat al-Nuss (1912–1976) | 20 November 1961 | 22 December 1961 | 32 days | Military | al-Nuss |
| 3 |
 | Rashad Barmada (1913–1988) | 22 December 1961 | 16 April 1962 | 115 days | People's | al-Dawalibi |
| 4 |
 | General Abdul Karim Zahreddine [ar] (1917–2009) | 16 April 1962 | 8 March 1963 | 326 days | Independent | al-Azma al-Azm |
| 5 |
 | Field Marshal Muhammad al-Sufi (1927–2018) | 9 March 1963 | 11 May 1963 | 63 days | Independent | al-Bitar I |
| 6 |
 | Major General Ziad al-Hariri (born 1930) | 11 May 1963 | 4 August 1963 | 85 days | Independent | al-Bitar I–II |
| 7 |
| Major General Abdullah Ziadeh (1915–1998) | 4 August 1963 | 14 May 1964 | 284 days | Independent | al-Bitar III al-Hafiz I |
| 8 |
| 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 |
| 9 |
| 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 |
.jpg) | 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 |
_39.jpg) | 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 | 8 December 2024 | 224 days | Ba'ath Party | Arnous II |
Timeline
Military Intelligence Agencies
See also
References
- "= وزارة الدفاع في الجمهورية العربية السور". mod.gov.sy (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- "عنوان السيرة الذاتية للعماد علي عبد الله أيوب نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء- وزير الدفاع" (in Arabic). pministry.gov.sy. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- https://www.arabnews.com/node/2583377/middle-east
External links
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| Second Syrian Republic (1961–1963) | |
| Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024) post-1963 Syrian coup d'état |  |