Ministry of Finance (Syria)
Government ministry of Syria
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The Ministry of Finance (وزارة المالية, Wizārat al-Māliyah) is a government ministry of Syria.
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Formed1918
JurisdictionGovernment of Syria
Headquarters
- Zeky Al Arsouzy St, Damascus
- 33°31′18″N 36°17′50″E
Minister responsible
| وزارة المالية | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1918 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Syria |
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Minister responsible | |
| Website | syrianfinance |
| Map | |
 Interactive map showing the building of the Ministry of Finance | |
Responsibilities
The ministry is responsible for the preparation of the state's financial policies, the supervision of their implementation by monitoring and collecting public revenues to the state treasury, the oversight of state expenditures, and the preparation of the state budget.
Alongside this, it is also responsible for managing public debt in cooperation with the Central Bank of Syria.[1]
List of Ministers
| Minister | Term |
|---|---|
| Said Choucair | 1918–1920 |
| Fares al-Khoury | 1920 |
| Hamdi al-Nasr | 1920–1922 |
| Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid | 1922–1925 |
| Jalal Zuhdi | 1925–1926 |
| Shakir al-Shabani | 1926 |
| Abdul Qadir Al-Azm | 1926 |
| Hamdi al-Nasr | 1926–1928 |
| Jamil al-Ulshi | 1928–1931 |
| Tawfiq Shamia | 1931–1932 |
| Jamil Mardam | 1932–1933 |
| Shakir al-Shabani | 1933–1934 |
| Henri Hindieh | 1934–1936 |
| Edmond Al-Homsi | 1936 |
| Shukri al-Quwwatli[2] | 1936–1938 |
| Lutfi al-Haffar | 1938 |
| Fayez al-Khoury | 1939 |
| Muhammad Khalil Mudaris | 1939 |
| Hosni al-Bitar | 1939–1941 |
| Jean Sehnaoui | 1941 |
| Fayez al-Khoury | 1941–1943 |
| Mustafa al-Shihabi | 1943 |
| Khalid al-Azm | 1943–1945 |
| Naim Antaki | 1945 |
| Khalid al-Azm | 1945 |
| Naim Antaki | 1945–1946 |
| Edmond Al-Homsi | 1946 |
| Said Ghazzi | 1946–1947 |
| Wehbe Hariri | 1947–1948 |
| Hassan Jabara | 1948–1949 |
| Khalid al-Azm[2] | 1949 |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Azm | 1949–1950 |
| Hassan Jabara | 1950 |
| Shakir Alas | 1950–1951 |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Azm | 1951 |
| Hassan al-Hakim | 1951 |
| Shakir Alas | 1951–1952 |
| Saeed al-Zaeem | 1952–1953 |
| George Shahin | 1953–1954 |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Azm | 1954 |
| Izzat al-Saqal | 1954 |
| Rizqallah Antaki | 1954–1955 |
| Lyon Zomria | 1955 |
| Abd al-Wahhab Hawmad | 1955–1956 |
| Sabri al-Asali | 1956 |
| Asad Mohsen | 1956–1958 |
| Fakhir Alkiali | 1958 |
| Abd al-Wahhab Hawmad | 1958–1960 |
| Naaman W. Azhari | 1961–1962[3] |
| Abd al-Wahhab Hawmad | 1963 |
| Mustafa ash-Shamma[4] | 1963–1964 |
| Abd al-Fattah Bushi[4] | 1964–1965 |
| Muwaffaq al-Shurbaji[5] | 1965–1969 |
| Nurallah Nurallah[5] | 1969–1974 |
| Muhammad al-Sharif[5] | 1974–1976 |
| Sadiq al-Ayyubi[5] | 1976–1980 |
| Hamdi al-Saqqa | 1980–1985 |
| Qahtan al-Sioufi | 1985–1987 |
| Khalid al-Mahayni[6] | 1987–2001 |
| Mohammad al-Atrash | 2001–2003 |
| Mohammad al-Hussein[7] | 2003–2011 |
| Mohammad al-Jililati[8] | 2011–2014 |
| Ismael Ismael | 2014–2016 |
| Maamoun Hamdan[9] | 2016–2020 |
| Kenan Yaghi[9] | 2020–2024 |
| Riad Abdul Ra'ouf | 2024 |
| Mohammed Abazaid | 2024–2025 |
| Mohammed Yisr Barnieh | 2025–present |
