From left to right: The Mutasarrif of Damascus Aref al-Khatib, Police Director Khalil Rifaat, a French consultant at the Syrian Ministry of Public Works, Director of the Damascus Municipality Mukhtar al-Quwatli, Public Works Minister Rashid al-Mudarris, Interior Minister Raouf al-Ayyubi, Prime Minister Ahmad Nami, Justice Minister Yusuf al-Hakim, Finance Minister Hamdi Nasr, followed by two French advisers.