Ministry of Defense (Syria)

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

Ministers of Defense

 * Jamil al-Ulshi (1920–)
 * Yuzuf al-Asma (1920s)


 * Abd al-Ghaffar al-Atrash (September 1941)
 * Abd al-Rahman al-Kayyali (19 August 1943 –)
 * Ahmad al-Sharabati (April 17 1946 – 25 May 1948)
 * Abdullah Atfeh (1948)
 * Jamil Mardam Bey (1948–)
 * Abdullah Atfeh (1949)
 * Akram El-Hourani (December 1949)
 * Faydi al-Atasi (December 1949 – 1950)
 * Fawzi Selu (1950–1951)
 * Khalid al-Azm (1950–1951)
 * Mar'uf al-Dawalibi (1951)
 * Rashad Barmada (June November 1954)
 * Abd al-Hasib Raslan (14 June – November 1956)
 * Khalid al-Azm (November 1956)
 * Abd al-Hasib Raslan (November 1956 – 1957)
 * Ba'athist Syria
 *  8th of March Syrian Revolution (1963) 


 * Muhammad al-Sufi (9 March 1963 – 2 May 1963)
 * Ziad al-Hariri (2 May 1963 – 8 July 1963)
 * Mamdouh Jaber (8 July 1963 – 1965)
 * Hamad Ubayd (1965–1966)
 * Muhammad Umran (1 January – 23 February 1966)
 * Hafez al-Assad (23 February 1966 – 1972)
 * Mustafa Tlass (1972 – 12 May 2004)
 * Hasan Turkmani (12 May 2004 – 3 June 2009)
 * Ali Habib Mahmud (3 June 2009 – 8 August 2011)
 * Dawoud Rajiha (8 August 2011 – 18 July 2012)
 * Fahd Jassem al-Freij (18 July 2012 – Present)