Ministry of Justice (Syria)

The Ministry of Justice (وِزَارَةُ الْعَدْلِ) is a government ministry office of the Syrian Arab Republic, responsible for judicial affairs in Syria.

List of ministers (Post-1920 when Kingdom of Syria was proclaimed)

 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Akram al-Hawrani (1958-1960)
 * 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 – present)