The Ministry of Justice () is a government ministry office of the Syrian Arab Republic, responsible for judicial affairs in Syria. List of ministers (Post-1920 when Kingdom of Syria was proclaimed) Jalal al-Zahdi (March 1920 – September 1920) Badih Mu'ayyad al-Azm (September 1920 – June 1922) Ata Bey al-Ayyubi (June 1922 – May 1926) Yusuf al-Hakim (May 1926 – February 1928) Zaki al-Khatib (February 1928 – November 1931) Mazhar Raslan (June 1932 – June 1933) [referred to as the Minister of Justice and Education] Suleiman Jokhadar (June 1933 – May 1934) Ata Bey al-Ayyubi (May 1934 – February 1936) Said al-Ghazzi (February 1936 – December 1936) Abd al-Rahman al-Kayyali (21 December 1936 – 18 February 1939) Nasib al-Bakri (24 February 1939 – 5 April 1939) Khalid al-Azm (5 April 1939 – 8 July 1939) Khalil Raf'a (8 July 1939 – 3 April 1941) Safwat Ibrahim (3 April 1941 – September 1941) Zaki al-Khatib (September 1941 – 17 April 1942) Ragheb Kikhia (17 April 1942 – 25 March 1943) Faydi al-Atasi (25 March 1943 – 19 August 1943) [referred to as the Minister of Social Affairs, Justice, and Education] Abd al-Rahman al-Kayyali (19 August 1943 – 5 April 1945) Said al-Ghazzi (5 April 1945 – 26 August 1945) Sabri al-Asali (26 August 1945 – 27 April 1946) Khalid al-Azm (27 April 1946 – 28 December 1946) Na'im Antaki (28 December 1946 – 16 April 1947) [resigned] Adnan al-Atasi (16 April 1947 – 6 October 1947) Ahmad al-Rifai (6 October 1947 – 23 August 1948) Said al-Ghazzi (23 August 1948 – 12 December 1948) Ahmad al-Rifai (12 December 1948 – 17 April 1949) As'ad Kurani (17 April 1949 – 17 August 1949) Sami Kabbara (17 August 1949 – 28 December 1949) Faydi al-Atasi (28 December 1949 – 4 June 1950) Zaki al-Khatib (4 June 1950 – 9 August 1951) Abdul Aziz Hassan (9 August 1951 – 13 November 1951) Hamid Naji (13 November 1951 – 9 June 1952) Munir Ghanim (9 June 1952 – 19 July 1953) Asad Muhsin (19 July 1953 – 1 March 1954) Izzat al-Saqqal (1 March 1954 – 19 June 1954) As'ad Kurani (19 June 1954 – 3 November 1954) Ali Bozo (3 November 1954 – 13 February 1955) Maamun al-Kuzbari (1955) Munir al-Ajlani (1955-1956) Akram al-Hawrani (1958-1960) Fathallah Allush (1966-1967) Ihsan Subaynati (1968) Ibrahim Hamzawi (1969-1970) Adib al-Nahawi (1972-1980) Khalid Malki (1980-1985) Sha'ban Shahin (1986-1987) Khalid al-Ansari