Ministry of Endowments (Syria)

Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf)
وزارة الأوقاف في الجمهورية العربية السورية
	De facto Coat of arms of Syria
Agency overview
Formed	1944
Jurisdiction	Government of Syria
Headquarters	Damascus
Minister responsible	Hussam Haj Hussein;
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]

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 April 1962 – 16 September 1962)
Asaad Al-Kourani (17 September 1962 – 9 March 1963)
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]
Hussam Haj Hussein (10 December 2024 - present)