Ministry of Interior (Syria)

Ministry of Interior
وزارة الداخلية
	De facto coat of arms of Syria
Agency overview
Formed	1920; 104 years ago
Jurisdiction	Government of Syria
Headquarters	Kafr Sousa, Damascus
Minister responsible	Mohammad Abdul Rahman;
Website	http://moia.gov.sy/

The Ministry of Interior (Arabic: وزارة الداخلية) is the interior ministry of Syria. Its headquarters were 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 – 8 December 2024)
Mohammad Abdul Rahman (10 December 2024 – present)

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.

[1] 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.

[SARMOITasks-2] "مهام الوزارة". Syrian Arab Republic Ministry of Interior (in Arabic). Retrieved 5 December 2016.

[3] "السراي الكبير". الموسوعة الدمشقية.

[4] "مبنى وزارة الداخلية...الآثار الآبدة في قلب دمشق" (in Arabic). syria-in.com. 5 March 2016.

[SYT13Oct16-5] 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.

[Gambil-6] Gambil, Gary (February 2002). "The Military-Intelligence Shakeup in Syria". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 4 (2). Retrieved 8 June 2011.

[7] "Top Syrian officials killed in major blow to al-Assad's regime". CNN.com. Retrieved 17 September 2013.

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v t e Syrian security forces
Military	Ministry of Defense Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army Syrian Navy Syrian Air Force Syrian Air Defense Force National Defence Forces
Law enforcement	Law enforcement in Syria Ministry of Interior Syrian Public Security Police Syrian Special Mission Forces
Intelligence	National Security Bureau of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region Air Force Intelligence Directorate General Intelligence Directorate Internal Branch - 251 Political Security Directorate Military Intelligence Directorate
Paramilitary/militia	Shabiha Popular Committees National Defence Forces
Syria and weapons of mass destruction (Chemical)

Organization

Ministers of Interior

See also

References