Ministry of Interior (Syria)

The Ministry of Interior (Arabic: وزارة الداخلية) is the interior ministry of Syria. Its headquarters are located on Kafr Sousa in Damascus.^[1] According to the Ministry official website, its tasks are limited to the protection and enforcement of security.^[2]

The former headquarters of the Ministry of Interior was located at the Grand Serail which was established in 1900 near Marjeh Square.^[3] The building was transferred to the Ministry of Tourism in 2011 for use as a hotel.^[4]

Organization

The Ministry of Interior is divided into several Directorates:

General Intelligence Directorate;
Political Security Directorate;
Criminal Security Directorate;
Anti-Narcotics Directorate;
Medical Services Directorate;^[5]
Immigration and Passports Directorate.

The Ministry of Interior also have a quick reaction force, the Syrian Special Mission Forces.

Ministers of Interior

Rashid Ṭaliʽa (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)

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)^[6]
Ali Hammoud (13 December 2001 – 7 October 2004)^[6]
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)^[7]
Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun (26 November 2018 – incumbent)

References

^ Simon Collis (9 February 2012). "Why you shouldn't question what you know is true". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
^ "مهام الوزارة". Syrian Arab Republic Ministry of Interior (in Arabic). Retrieved 5 December 2016.
^ "السراي الكبير". الموسوعة الدمشقية.
^ "مبنى وزارة الداخلية...الآثار الآبدة في قلب دمشق" (in Arabic). syria-in.com. 5 March 2016.
^ Qaddour, Basma (13 October 2016). "Major General Al-Shater: About 9000 personnel from Internal Security Forces wounded since start of crisis in Syria". The Syria Times. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
^ a b Gambil, Gary (February 2002). "The Military-Intelligence Shakeup in Syria". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 4 (2). Retrieved 8 June 2011.
^ "Top Syrian officials killed in major blow to al-Assad's regime". CNN.com. Retrieved 17 September 2013.

Ministry of Interior (Syria)

Organization

Ministers of Interior

See also

References