Ministry of Endowments (awqaf)
وزارة الأوقاف في الجمهورية العربية السورية
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 (16.04.1962 – 16 September 1962)
  • Asaad Al-Kourani (17 September 1962 – 9 March 1963)
  • Darwish Al-Alwani (09.03.1963 – 31 March 1963)
  • Mazhar Al-Anbari (1 April 1963 – 30 April 1963)
  • Ahmed Mahdi Al-Khidr (1 May 1963 – 12April 1963)
  • Abdul Rahman Al-Tabbaa (13May 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

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