Ministry of Justice (Syria)

The Ministry of Justice () is the government ministry responsible for judicial affairs in Syria.

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

List of ministers of justice

French Mandate (1920–1930) Name Term of office Notes Took office Left office Time in office 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)

Name Term of office Notes Took office Left office Time in office Zaki al-Khatib February 1928 November 1931 Mazhar Raslan June 1932 June 1933 Listed as 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 Listed as 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)

Name Term of office Notes Took office Left office Time in office 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 1955 Munir al-Ajlani 1955 1956

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

Name Term of office Notes Took office Left office Time in office Akram al-Hawrani 1958 1960

Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024)

Name Term of office Notes Took office Left office Time in office Fathallah Allush 1966 1967 Ihsan Subaynati 1968 1968 Ibrahim Hamzawi 1969 1970 Adib al-Nahawi 1972 1980 Khalid MalkiThe International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who (1989), Reed Information Services Ltd., 1989, p. 556. 1980 1985 Sha'ban Shahin 1986 1987 Khalid al-Ansari 1987 1993 Abdullah TulbaThe International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who (1993–94), Reed Information Services Ltd., 1993, p. 561. 1993 1994 Hussein Hassun 1994 2000 Muhammad Nabil al-Khatib 2000 10 September 2003 Nizar Al Isa 18 September 2003 10 April 2004 Muhammad Al Ghafri 10 April 2004 23 April 2009 Ahmad Younes 23 April 2009 29 March 2011 Tayseer Qala Awwad 14 April 2011 16 August 2012 Najm Hamad Al Ahmad 16 August 2012 29 March 2017 Hisham Al Shaar 29 March 2017 30 August 2020 Ahmad al-Sayyed 30 August 2020 8 December 2024

Syrian Arab Republic (2024–present)

Name Term of office Notes Took office Left office Time in office Ahmad al-Sayyed 8 December 2024 10 December 2024 Shadi al-Waisi 10 December 2024 29 March 2025 Mazhar al-Wais 29 March 2025 Incumbent

Ministry of Justice (Syria)

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