Ministers of Defense since 1963

• Muhammad Umran (1963 – 1966)
• Hafez al-Assad
  Hafez al-Assad
  Hafez ibn 'Ali ibn Sulayman al-Assad or more commonly Hafez al-Assad was the President of Syria for three decades. Assad's rule consolidated the power of the central government after decades of coups and counter-coups, such as Operation Wappen in 1957 conducted by the Eisenhower administration and...
  
   (1966 – 1972)
• Mustafa Tlass
  Mustafa Tlass
  Lt. Gen. Mustafa Tlass is a Syrian politician and a long time minister of defense, now retired.-Rise to power:Tlass was born in the Syrian town of al-Rastan near the city of Homs to a prominent Sunni Muslim family. He joined the Ba'ath Party at the age of 15, and met Hafez al-Assad when studying...
  
   (1972 – 12 May 2004)
• Hasan Turkmani
  Hasan Turkmani
  Lt. Gen. Hasan Turkmani is the former Syrian minister of defense. Hasan Turkmani joined the Syrian Army in 1954.He was replaced in June 2009 by the former army chief Ali Habib Mahmud.-References:...
  
   (12 May 2004 – 3 June 2009)
• Ali Habib Mahmud
  Ali Habib Mahmud
  Lieutenant General Ali Habib Mahmud is a Syrian military officer who served as Syria's Minister of Defense from June 2009 until August 2011. He was a part of Assad's inner circle.-Early life, education and career:...
  
   (3 June 2009 – 8 August 2011)
• Dawoud Rajiha
  Dawoud Rajiha
  General Dawoud Rajiha , forename sometimes transliterated Dawood or Daoud, surname sometimes transliterated Rajha, is the Minister of Defense of the Syrian Arab Republic and a former chief of staff of the Syrian Arab Army....
  
  (8 August 2011 – Present)

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• Ministry of Defense