Ministry of Endowments (Syria)

Ministry of Endowments
وزارة الأوقاف
	Emblem of Syria
Agency overview
Formed	1944
Jurisdiction	Government of Syria
Headquarters	Damascus
Minister responsible	Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri ;
Website	mow.gov.sy

Last updated November 06, 2025

The Ministry of Endowments, also known as the Ministry of Aqwaf, 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 for Endowments

First Syrian Republic (1930–1950)

Abd al-Rahman al-Kayyali (14 October 1944 – 1 April 1945)
Said al-Ghazzi (7 April 1945 – 16 August 1945)

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

Youssef Muzahim (17 March 1960 – 28 September 1961)

Second Syrian Republic (Syrian Arab Republic) (1961–1963)

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)

Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024)

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 – 8 December 2024)^[3]

Syrian Arab Republic (2024–present)

Mohammed Abdul Sattar (8 December 2024 – 10 December 2024)
Hussam Haj Hussein (10 December 2024 – 29 March 2025)
Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri (29 March 2025 – present)

References

↑ "وزارة الأوقاف السورية" [Syrian Ministry of Endowments]. Syrian Ministry of Endowments (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
↑ "قانون تنظيم وزارة الاوقاف في الجمهورية العربية السورية" [Law Regulating the Ministry of Endowments in the Syrian Arab Republic]. Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Syria (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
↑ "The Cabinet". Syrian Arab News Agency . September 2024. Archived from the original on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2025.

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[1] "وزارة الأوقاف السورية" [Syrian Ministry of Endowments]. Syrian Ministry of Endowments (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

[2] "قانون تنظيم وزارة الاوقاف في الجمهورية العربية السورية" [Law Regulating the Ministry of Endowments in the Syrian Arab Republic]. Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Syria (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[3] "The Cabinet". Syrian Arab News Agency . September 2024. Archived from the original on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2025.

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