Ministry of Endowments (Syria)

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Ministry of Endowments (awqaf)
وزارة الأوقاف في الجمهورية العربية السورية
, , Hoteen Street, Damascus, Syria
Telephone: +4419080/+00963114419080
Current minister Mohammed Abdul Sattar
Established 1944
Jurisdiction Syrian Arab Republic
Headquarters Damascus
Annual budget 26.2 billion SYP (2018)
Website Official 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)
  • (16 January 1966 – 4 April 1971)
  • (4 April 1971 – 13 January 1980)
  • (14 January 1980 – 30 October 1987)
  • (1 November 1987 – 7 February 1996)
  • (7 April 1996 - 3 October 2004)
  • (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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