Ministry of Interior (Syria) explained

Ministry of Interior
Native Name A:	وزارة الداخلية
Seal:	Coat of arms of Syria.svg
Formed:	1920
Jurisdiction:	Government of Syria
Headquarters:	Kafr Sousa, Damascus
Minister1 Name:	Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun
Website:	http://syriamoi.gov.sy

The Ministry of Interior (Arabic: وزارة الداخلية) is the interior ministry of Syria. Its headquarters are 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)
• 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 – incumbent)

See also

• Government of Syria
• Law enforcement in Syria

Notes and References

1. Web site: Why you shouldn’t question what you know is true. Simon Collis. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 9 February 2012. 10 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120210054315/http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/simoncollis/2012/02/09/why-you-shouldn%E2%80%99t-question-what-you-know-is-true/. 10 February 2012. dead.
2. Web site: مهام الوزارة. Syrian Arab Republic Ministry of Interior. 5 December 2016. Arabic.
3. Web site: السراي الكبير . الموسوعة الدمشقية .
4. Web site: مبنى وزارة الداخلية...الآثار الآبدة في قلب دمشق . syria-in.com . ar . 5 March 2016 .
5. News: Qaddour. Basma. Major General Al-Shater: About 9000 personnel from Internal Security Forces wounded since start of crisis in Syria. 6 December 2016. The Syria Times. 13 October 2016.
6. Gambil. Gary. The Military-Intelligence Shakeup in Syria. Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. Feb 2002. 4. 2. 8 June 2011.
7. Web site: Top Syrian officials killed in major blow to al-Assad's regime . CNN.com . 17 September 2013.