Ministry of Interior (Syria)#Ministers of Interior
{{Short description|Government ministry of Syria}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox government agency
| name = Ministry of Interior
| native_name_a = وزارة الداخلية
| seal = File:Emblem of Syria.svg
| seal_width = 100px
| seal_caption = De facto Coat of arms of Syria
| formed = {{start date and age|1920}}
| jurisdiction = Government of Syria
| headquarters = Kafr Sousa, Damascus
| minister1_name = Anas Khattab
| website = http://moia.gov.sy/
}}
The Ministry of Interior ({{langx|ar|وزارة الداخلية}}) is the interior ministry of Syria. Its headquarters were located on Kafr Sousa in Damascus.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/simoncollis/2012/02/09/why-you-shouldn%E2%80%99t-question-what-you-know-is-true/|title=Why you shouldn’t question what you know is true|author=Simon Collis|publisher=Foreign and Commonwealth Office|date=9 February 2012|accessdate=10 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210054315/http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/simoncollis/2012/02/09/why-you-shouldn%E2%80%99t-question-what-you-know-is-true/|archive-date=10 February 2012|url-status=dead}} According to the Ministry official website, its tasks are limited to the protection and enforcement of security.{{cite web|title=مهام الوزارة|url=http://syriamoi.gov.sy/new/index.php?req=552&cat=25|website=Syrian Arab Republic Ministry of Interior|accessdate=5 December 2016|language=Arabic}}
The former headquarters of the Ministry of Interior was located at the Grand Serail which was established in 1900 near Marjeh Square.{{cite web |url=https://damapedia.com/السراي-الكبير/ |title=السراي الكبير |publisher=الموسوعة الدمشقية }} The building was transferred to the Ministry of Tourism in 2011 for use as a hotel.{{cite web |url=http://www.syria-in.com/?page=4&click=1&cat_id=37&id=2326 |title=مبنى وزارة الداخلية...الآثار الآبدة في قلب دمشق |publisher=syria-in.com |language=ar |date=5 March 2016 }}
Organization
The Ministry of Interior is divided into several Directorates:
- General Security Service
- General Intelligence Service
- General Directorate of Customs
- Criminal Security Directorate
- Anti-Narcotics Directorate
- Medical Services Directorate{{cite news|last1=Qaddour|first1=Basma|title=Major General Al-Shater: About 9000 personnel from Internal Security Forces wounded since start of crisis in Syria|url=http://syriatimes.sy/index.php/news/local/26902-major-general-al-shater-about-9000-personnel-from-internal-security-forces-wounded-since-start-of-crisis-in-syria|accessdate=6 December 2016|work=The Syria Times|date=13 October 2016}}
- Immigration and Passports Directorate
Ministers of Interior
- 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)
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- 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)
- 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)
- 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 Khalafawi (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)
- Ali Hammoud (13 December 2001 – 7 October 2004){{cite journal|last=Gambil|first=Gary|title=The Military-Intelligence Shakeup in Syria|journal=Middle East Intelligence Bulletin|date=Feb 2002|volume=4|issue=2|url=http://www.meforum.org/meib/articles/0202_s1.htm|accessdate=8 June 2011}}
- 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){{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/18/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html |title=Top Syrian officials killed in major blow to al-Assad's regime |publisher=CNN.com |date= |accessdate=17 September 2013}}
- 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)
See also
References
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