The Ministry of Justice ( ar, وِزَارَةُ الْعَدْلِ, Wizārat al-ʿAdl) is a government ministry office of the

Syrian Arab Republic Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, responsible for

judicial The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

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) eferred 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 Said Al-Ghazzi ( ar, سعيد الغزي; 11 June 1893 ‎ – 18 September 1967) was a Syrian lawyer, politician and two time prime minister of Syria. He was born in Damascus. Early life Said belonged to the prominent al-Ghazzi family, wh ...

(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 Khalid al-Azm ( ar, خالد العظم, Khālid al-Aẓim; 11 June 1903 – 18 November 1965) was a Syrian national leader and five-time interim Prime Minister, as well as Acting President from 4 April to 16 September 1941. He was a member of o ...

(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) eferred to as the Minister of Social Affairs, Justice, and Education* Abd al-Rahman al-Kayyali (19 August 1943 – 5 April 1945) *

(5 April 1945 – 26 August 1945) *Sabri al-Asali (26 August 1945 – 27 April 1946) *

(27 April 1946 – 28 December 1946) *Na'im Antaki (28 December 1946 – 16 April 1947) esigned*Adnan al-Atasi (16 April 1947 – 6 October 1947) *Ahmad al-Rifai (6 October 1947 – 23 August 1948) *

(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 Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914 – 2 March 1998) ( ar, مأمون الكزبري, Maʾmūn al-Kuzbarī) was a Syrian literary personality, politician and acting head of state (29 September – 20 November 1961) from a prominent Damascus family. Care ...

(1955) * Munir al-Ajlani (1955-1956) *

Akram al-Hawrani Akram Al-Hourani ( ar, أَكْرَم الْحَوْرَانِي, ʾAkram al-Ḥawrānī, also transcribed El-Hourani, Howrani or Hurani) (November 1911 – 24 February 1996), was a Syrian politician who played a prominent role during the democrat ...

(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 Khalid al-Ansari was a cabinet minister and judge in Syria. He served as justice minister in Hafez al-Assad's cabinet in the early 1990s. Public career Khalid al-Ansari served on Syria's court of economic security prior to his appointment to cabi ...

(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 Muhammad al-Ghafri ( ar, محمد الغفري) is a Syrian judge who served as justice minister from 2004 to 2009. Career Ghafri was a counsellor at Syrian state council. He served as justice minister from October 2004 to April 2009 in the cabi ...

(April 10, 2004 – April 23, 2009) *

Ahmad Younes Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

(April 23, 2009 – March 29, 2011) *

Tayseer Qala Awwad Judge Tayseer Qala Awwad (born 1943) is one of the former ministers of justice of Syria. Early life and education Awwad was born in Damascus in 1943. He earned a law degree from the University of Damascus School of Law in 1974. Career Awwad i ...

(April 14, 2011 – August 16, 2012) * Najm Hamad Al Ahmad (August 16, 2012 – March 29, 2017) *

Hisham Al Shaar Hisham Al Shaar (born 1958) is a Syrian judge and politician who served as the justice minister between 2017 and 2020. Biography Al Shaar was born in Damascus in 1958. He is a judge by profession. As of 2014 he was chief of the Syrian Higher Judi ...

(March 29, 2017 – 30 August 2020) *

Ahmad al-Sayyed Ahmad al-Sayyed ( ar, احمد السيد) is a Syrian politician. As minister of justice, he is a member of the Cabinet of Syria. Political career He was appointed minister of justice in the First Hussein Arnous government in 2020. In 2021 he w ...

(August 30, 2020 – present)

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Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

Justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

Judiciary of Syria

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

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