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Government ministry of Syria
Ministry of Justice
وِزَارَةُ الْعَدْلِ
Agency overview
FormedAugust 19, 1943; 82 years ago (1943-08-19)
JurisdictionGovernment of Syria
HeadquartersDamascus
Minister responsible
Websitemoj.gov.sy

The Ministry of Justice (Arabic: وِزَارَةُ الْعَدْلِ, romanized: Wizārat al-ʿAdl) is the government ministry responsible for judicial affairs in Syria.

History

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On 17 May 2025, President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued Presidential Decree No. 20 establishing the National Commission for Transitional Justice (NCTJ), alongside the National Commission for Missing Persons.

List of ministers of justice

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French Mandate (1920–1930)

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Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
Jalal al-Zahdi March 1920 September 1920
Badih Mu'ayyad al-Azm[1] September 1920 June 1922
Ata Bey al-Ayyubi[1]
(1877–1951)		 June 1922 May 1926
Yusuf al-Hakim[2] May 1926 February 1928
Zaki al-Khatib February 1928 November 1931

First Syrian Republic (1930–1950)

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Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
Zaki al-Khatib February 1928 November 1931
Mazhar Raslan[1] June 1932 June 1933 Listed as Minister of Justice and Education
Suleiman Jokhadar June 1933 May 1934
Ata Bey al-Ayyubi[1]
(1877–1951)		 May 1934 February 1936
Said al-Ghazzi[1]
(1893–1967)		 February 1936 December 1936
Abd al-Rahman al-Kayyali[3] 21 December 1936 18 February 1939 2 years, 59 days
Nasib al-Bakri
(1888–1966)		 24 February 1939 5 April 1939 40 days
Khalid al-Azm
(1903–1965)		 5 April 1939 8 July 1939 94 days
Khalil Raf'a 8 July 1939 3 April 1941 1 year, 269 days
Safwat Ibrahim 3 April 1941 September 1941
Zaki al-Khatib September 1941 17 April 1942
Ragheb Kikhia 17 April 1942 25 March 1943 342 days
Faydi al-Atasi[1] 25 March 1943 19 August 1943 147 days Listed as Minister of Social Affairs, Justice and Education
Abd al-Rahman al-Kayyali 19 August 1943 5 April 1945 1 year, 229 days
Said al-Ghazzi[1]
(1893–1967)		 5 April 1945 26 August 1945 143 days
Sabri al-Asali[1]
(1903–1976)		 26 August 1945 27 April 1946 244 days
Khalid al-Azm[1]
(1903–1965)		 27 April 1946 28 December 1946 245 days
Na'im Antaki 28 December 1946 16 April 1947 109 days Resigned
Adnan al-Atasi 16 April 1947 6 October 1947 173 days
Ahmad al-Rifai 6 October 1947 23 August 1948 322 days
Said al-Ghazzi[1][4]
(1893–1967)		 23 August 1948 12 December 1948 111 days
Ahmad al-Rifai 12 December 1948 17 April 1949 126 days
As'ad Kurani 17 April 1949 17 August 1949 122 days
Sami Kabbara 17 August 1949 28 December 1949 133 days
Faydi al-Atasi[1] 28 December 1949 4 June 1950 158 days
Zaki al-Khatib 4 June 1950 9 August 1951 1 year, 66 days

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

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Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
Zaki al-Khatib 4 June 1950 9 August 1951 1 year, 66 days
Abdul Aziz Hassan 9 August 1951 13 November 1951 96 days
Hamid Naji 13 November 1951 9 June 1952 209 days
Munir Ghanim 9 June 1952 19 July 1953 1 year, 40 days
Asad Muhsin 19 July 1953 1 March 1954 225 days
Izzat al-Saqqal 1 March 1954 19 June 1954 110 days
As'ad Kurani 19 June 1954 3 November 1954 137 days
Ali Bozo 3 November 1954 13 February 1955 102 days
Maamun al-Kuzbari[5]
(1914–1998)		 1955 1955
Munir al-Ajlani 1955 1956

Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024)

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Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
Fathallah Allush[8][9] 1966 1967
Ihsan Subaynati[10] 1968 1968
Ibrahim Hamzawi[11] 1969 1970
Adib al-Nahawi[12][13] 1972 1980
Khalid Malki[14][15][13] 1980 1985
Sha'ban Shahin[16] 1986 1987
Khalid al-Ansari[17][18][19] 1987 1993
Abdullah Tulba[20][21] 1993 1994
Hussein Hassun[22][23] 1994 2000
Muhammad Nabil al-Khatib 2000 10 September 2003
Nizar Al Isa 18 September 2003 10 April 2004 205 days
Muhammad Al Ghafri 10 April 2004 23 April 2009 5 years, 13 days
Ahmad Younes 23 April 2009 29 March 2011 1 year, 340 days
Tayseer Qala Awwad 14 April 2011 16 August 2012 1 year, 124 days
Najm Hamad Al Ahmad 16 August 2012 29 March 2017 4 years, 225 days
Hisham Al Shaar 29 March 2017 30 August 2020 3 years, 154 days
Ahmad al-Sayyed
(born 1965)		 30 August 2020 8 December 2024 4 years, 100 days

Syrian Arab Republic (2024–present)

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Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
Ahmad al-Sayyed
(born 1965)		 8 December 2024 10 December 2024 2 days
Shadi al-Waisi
(born 1985)		 10 December 2024 29 March 2025 109 days
Mazhar al-Wais
(born 1980)		 29 March 2025 Incumbent 1 year, 97 days

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel & Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900-2000. Cune Press. ISBN 9781885942401.
  2. ↑ Khoury, Philip Shukry (2014-07-14). Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400858392.
  3. ↑ White, Benjamin Thomas (2012-09-11). Emergence of Minorities in the Middle East. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748688937.
  4. ↑ Moubayed, Sami M. (2000). Damascus Between Democracy and Dictatorship. University Press of America. ISBN 9780761817444.
  5. ↑ Middle Eastern Affairs. Council for Middle Eastern Affairs. 1957.
  6. ↑ Commins, David; Lesch, David W. (2013-12-05). Historical Dictionary of Syria. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810879669.
  7. ↑ Heydemann, Steven (1999). Authoritarianism in Syria: Institutions and Social Conflict, 1946-1970. Cornell University Press. p. 104. ISBN 0801429323.
  8. ↑ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1966:Sept.-Dec." HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  9. ↑ Mideast Mirror. July 1967.
  10. ↑ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1968:Jan.-June". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  11. ↑ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1969 no.1-6,8,10-12". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  12. ↑ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1972Feb-June". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  13. 1 2 Limited, Walden Publishing (1980). Middle East Annual Review. ISBN 9780904439106. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  14. ↑ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Feb 1981". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  15. ↑ The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who (1989), Reed Information Services Ltd., 1989, p. 556.
  16. ↑ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Aug 1986". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  17. ↑ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1987". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  18. ↑ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1990". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  19. ↑ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1988Jan-June". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  20. ↑ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Oct-Dec 1993". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  21. ↑ The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who (1993–94), Reed Information Services Ltd., 1993, p. 561.
  22. ↑ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Sep-Dec 1994". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  23. ↑ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Mar 2000". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
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