The Ministry of Defense (Arabic language: 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
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- 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)
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