Ministry of Justice (Syria)

Ministers of Justice

• Jalal al-Zahdi (March 1920 – September 1920)
• Badih Mu'ayyad al-Azm (September 1920 – June 1922)
• Ata Bey al-Ayyubi (June 1922 – May 1926)
• Yusuf al-Hakim (May 1926 – February 1928)
• Zaki al-Khatib (February 1928 – November 1931)

First Syrian Republic (1930–1950)

Main article: First Syrian Republic

• Zaki al-Khatib (February 1928 – November 1931)
• Mazhar Raslan (June 1932 – June 1933) [referred to as the Minister of Justice and Education]
• Suleiman Jokhadar (June 1933 – May 1934)
• Ata Bey al-Ayyubi (May 1934 – February 1936)
• Said al-Ghazzi (February 1936 – December 1936)
• Abd al-Rahman al-Kayyali (21 December 1936 – 18 February 1939)
• Nasib al-Bakri (24 February 1939 – 5 April 1939)
• Khalid al-Azm (5 April 1939 – 8 July 1939)
• Khalil Raf'a (8 July 1939 – 3 April 1941)
• Safwat Ibrahim (3 April 1941 – September 1941)
• Zaki al-Khatib (September 1941 – 17 April 1942)
• Ragheb Kikhia (17 April 1942 – 25 March 1943)
• Faydi al-Atasi (25 March 1943 – 19 August 1943) [referred to as the Minister of Social Affairs, Justice, and Education]
• Abd al-Rahman al-Kayyali (19 August 1943 – 5 April 1945)
• Said al-Ghazzi (5 April 1945 – 26 August 1945)
• Sabri al-Asali (26 August 1945 – 27 April 1946)
• Khalid al-Azm (27 April 1946 – 28 December 1946)
• Na'im Antaki (28 December 1946 – 16 April 1947) [resigned]
• Adnan al-Atasi (16 April 1947 – 6 October 1947)
• Ahmad al-Rifai (6 October 1947 – 23 August 1948)
• Said al-Ghazzi (23 August 1948 – 12 December 1948)
• Ahmad al-Rifai (12 December 1948 – 17 April 1949)
• As'ad Kurani (17 April 1949 – 17 August 1949)
• Sami Kabbara (17 August 1949 – 28 December 1949)
• Faydi al-Atasi (28 December 1949 – 4 June 1950)
• Zaki al-Khatib (4 June 1950 – 9 August 1951)

Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958, 1961–1963)

Main article: Second Syrian Republic

• Zaki al-Khatib (4 June 1950 – 9 August 1951)
• Abdul Aziz Hassan (9 August 1951 – 13 November 1951)
• Hamid Naji (13 November 1951 – 9 June 1952)
• Munir Ghanim (9 June 1952 – 19 July 1953)
• Asad Muhsin (19 July 1953 – 1 March 1954)
• Izzat al-Saqqal (1 March 1954 – 19 June 1954)
• As'ad Kurani (19 June 1954 – 3 November 1954)
• Ali Bozo (3 November 1954 – 13 February 1955)
• Maamun al-Kuzbari (1955)
• Munir al-Ajlani (1955-1956)

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

Main article: United Arab Republic

• Akram al-Hawrani (1958-1960)

Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024)

Main article: Ba'athist Syria

• Fathallah Allush(1966-1967)
• Ihsan Subaynati (1968)
• Ibrahim Hamzawi (1969-1970)
• Adib al-Nahawi (1972-1980)
• Khalid Malki (1980-1985)
• Sha'ban Shahin (1986-1987)
• Khalid al-Ansari (1987–1993)
• Abdullah Tulba (1993-1994)
• Hussein Hassun (1994-2000)
• Muhammad Nabil al-Khatib (2000–September 10, 2003)
• Nizar Al Isa (September 18, 2003 – April 10, 2004)
• Muhammad Al Ghafri (April 10, 2004 – April 23, 2009)
• Ahmad Younes (April 23, 2009 – March 29, 2011)
• Tayseer Qala Awwad (April 14, 2011 – August 16, 2012)
• Najm Hamad Al Ahmad (August 16, 2012 – March 29, 2017)
• Hisham Al Shaar (March 29, 2017 – 30 August 2020)
• Ahmad al-Sayyed (August 30, 2020 – December 8, 2024)

Syrian Arab Republic (2024–present)

Main article: Syria

• Ahmad al-Sayyed (December 8, 2024 – December 10, 2024)
• Shadi al-Waisi (December 10, 2024 – March 29, 2025)
• Mazhar al-Wais (March 29, 2025 – present)

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