Ministry of Endowments (Syria)

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Ministry of Endowments (awqaf)
وزارة الأوقاف في الجمهورية العربية السورية
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Agency overview
Formed1944
JurisdictionGovernment of Syria
HeadquartersDamascus
Minister responsible
WebsiteOfficial page of Ministry

The Ministry of Endowments or Ministry of Awqaf is a department of the Government of Syria.[1]

Responsibilities

The ministry is responsible for Islamic religious affairs and the administration of endowments.[2]

Ministers of Awqaf

  • Abd al-Rahman al-Kayyali (14 October 1944 – 1 April 1945)
  • Said al-Ghazzi (7 April 1945 – 16 August 1945)
  • Youssef Muzahim (17 March 1960 – 28 September 1961)
  • Ahmed Sultan (29 September 1961 – 21 November 1961)
  • Mustafa Al-Zarqa (22 November 1961 – 15 April 1962)
  • Rashid Humaidan (16 April 1962 – 16 September 1962)
  • Asaad Al-Kourani (17 September 1962 – 9 March 1963)
  • Darwish Al-Alwani (9 March 1963 – 31 March 1963)
  • Mazhar Al-Anbari (1 April 1963 – 30 April 1963)
  • Ahmed Mahdi Al-Khidr (1 May 1963 – 12 April 1963)
  • Abdul Rahman Al-Tabbaa (13 May 1963 – 10 February 1964)
  • Abdul Rahman Al Kawakibi (13 May 1964 – 31 December 1965)
  • Mohammed Ghaleb Abdoun (16 January 1966 – 4 April 1971)
  • Abdul Sattar Khair al-Din al-Asadi (4 April 1971 – 13 January 1980)
  • Mohammed al-Khatib (14 January 1980 – 30 October 1987)
  • Abdel Majid Trabelsi (1 November 1987 – 7 February 1996)
  • Mohammed Abdul Raouf Ziada (7 April 1996 - 3 October 2004)
  • Ziyad al-Din al-Ayyubi (3 October 2004 – 7 December 2007)
  • Mohammed Abdul Sattar (8 December 2007 – incumbent)[3]

References

  1. "| وزارة الأوقاف السورية". mow.gov.sy. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  2. قانون تنظيم وزارة الاوقاف في الجمهورية العربية السورية Archived 2020-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Prime Minister's Office

See also