Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour (Syria) explained

Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour
Native Name A:	وزارة الشؤون الاجتماعية والعمل
Formed:	1943, renewed 2016 ^[1]
Jurisdiction:	Government of Syria
Headquarters:	Damascus
Minister1 Name:	Dr. Louai Emad El-Din al-Munajjid^[2]
Website:	http://www.mosal.gov.sy/

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour is the main authority administrating labour affairs and social matters, including labour inspection, and a department of the Government of Syria.^[3]

Responsibility

The ministry is responsible for labor and employment, occupational health and safety, employment in the public sector, family empowerment, poverty reduction and livelihood support, development of the social protection system and social security system, and the provision of social protection and care for the most vulnerable or vulnerable social groups.^[4]

Organisation

The Directorates of the Ministry:^[5]

• Directorate of Associations and Private Institutions
• Social Protection Directorate
• Rural Development Directorate
• Directorate of Labor Inspection, Health and Safety
• Labor Relations Directorate
• Manpower Directorate
• Directorate of Labor Market Observatory
• Directorate of Technology and Information Systems
• Directorate of Technical and Engineering Affairs
• Legal Affairs Directorate
• Directorate of Administrative Affairs
• Directorate of Planning and International Cooperation
• Directorate of Administrative Development
• Directorate of Internal Control

Regional organisation

The MOSAL is decentralized in its main structure and is represented in of the 14 regional departments by a regional Directorate of Social Affairs, which has social, employment and inspection functions.^[6]

Ministers

!Minister!Government!Term

Minister of Social Affairs and Labour
	Imad Khamis government	2016 to 2020
Salwa Abdullah	First Hussein Arnous government	2020 to 2021
Mohamed Seif El-Din	Second Hussein Arnous government	2021 to 2023
Louai Emad El-Din al-Munajjid	Second Hussein Arnous government	2023 to present

Notes and References

1. Web site: القانون رقم /16/ لعام 2016 القاضي بإحداث وزارة باسم "وزارة الشؤون الاجتماعية والعمل". 2016-07-31. pministry.gov.sy. 17 December 2021. ar.
2. Web site: 2021-08-11. من هو محمد سيف الدين وزير الشؤون الاجتماعية والعمل بالحكومة الجديدة؟ سناك سوري. 2021-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20210811125221/https://snacksyrian.com/%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A4%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85/. 2021-08-11.
3. News: reem. الرئيس الأسد يصدر قانونا يقضي بإحداث وزارة باسم وزارة الشؤون الاجتماعية والعمل. 2021-03-09. S A N A. ar.
4. Web site: Labour Inspection Country Profile: SYRIA. ILO. 31 December 2010. 17 December 2021.
5. Web site: 2020-04-29. عن الوزارة. 2021-04-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20200429000801/http://www.msal.gov.sy:80/Ar/SitePage?sysCode=1. 2020-04-29.
6. Web site: Syria - وزارة الشؤون الاجتماعية والعمل (Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour). 17 December 2021. socialprotection.org.