Ministry of Defense (Syria) explained

Ministry of Defense
Seal:	File:Syria Armed Forces Emblem.svg
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Jurisdiction:	Government of Syria
Headquarters:	Mahdi Bin Baraka Street, Umayyad Square, Damascus
Coordinates:	33.5141°N 36.2785°W
Motto:	Arabic: وطن، شرف، إخلاص Watan, Sharaf, Ikhlas ("Homeland, Honor, Sincerity")
Minister1 Name:	General Ali Mahmoud Abbas
Minister1 Pfo:	Minister of Defense^[1]
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The Ministry of Defense is a government ministry office of the Syrian Arab Republic, responsible for defense affairs in Syria.^[2] Ali Mahmoud Abbas, Minister of Defense holds the position of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces.^[3]

Ministers of Defense

Shukri al-Quwatli (21 December 1936 – 22 March 1938)
Jamil Mardam Bey (22 March 1938 – 23 February 1939)
Mazhar Raslan (23 February 1939 – 5 April 1939)
Nasuhi al-Bukhari (5 April 1939 – 4 July 1939)
Abd al-Ghaffar al-Atrash (20 September 1941 – 15 March 1942)
Hasan al-Atrash (18 April 1942 – 25 March 1943)
Ata Bey al-Ayyubi (25 March 1943 – 19 August 1943)
Nasuhi al-Bukhari (19 August 1943 – 14 October 1944)
Jamil Mardam Bey (14 October 1944 – 5 April 1945) and (5 April 1945 – 26 August 1945)
Khalid al-Azm (26 August 1945 – 30 September 1945)
Saadallah al-Jabiri (30 September 1945 – 27 April 1946)

Nabih al-Azma (27 April 1946 – 17 June 1946)
Ahmad al-Sharabati (17 June 1946 – 23 May 1948)
Jamil Mardam Bey (23 August 1948 – 12 December 1948)
Khalid al-Azm (12 December 1948 – 17 April 1949) and (13 February 1955 – 13 September 1955)
Husni al-Za'im (17 April 1949 – 1 July 1949)
Abdullah Atfeh (1 July 1949 – 28 December 1949)
Akram al-Hawrani (28 December 1949 – 4 June 1950)
Fawzi Selu (4 June 1950 – 13 November 1951) and (9 June 1952 – 19 July 1953)
Zaki al-Khatib (13 November 1951 – 9 June 1952)
Raf'at Khankan (19 July 1953 – 1 March 1954)
Maarouf al-Dawalibi (1 March 1954 – 19 June 1954)
Said al-Ghazzi (19 June 1954 – 3 November 1954)
Rashad Barmada (3 November 1954 – 13 February 1955), (13 September 1955 – 14 June 1956)
Abd al-Hasib Raslan (14 June 1956 – 22 February 1958)