First Lady of Syria
Appearance
First Lady of the Syrian Arab Republic Arabic: السيدة الأولى للجمهورية العربية السورية | |
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since 13 December 2000 | |
Residence | People's Palace and Tishreen Palace, Damascus |
Term length | Seven years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Bahira al-Dalati (wife of Shukri al-Quwatli) |
Formation | 17 April 1946 |
First Lady of Syria (Arabic: السيدة الأولى للجمهورية العربية السورية) is a title attributed to the spouse of the incumbent president of Syria (currently Bashar al-Assad). For the past 59 years, two consecutive first ladies have come from the same ruling family, the Al-Assad family.
List of first ladies of Syria
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Name | Term Begins | Term Ends | Incumbent President |
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Bahira al-Dalati[1] | 17 August 1943 | 30 May 1949 | Shukri al-Quwatli |
Nouran al-Za'im[2] | 11 April 1949 | 14 August 1949 | Husni al-Za'im |
? | December 1949 | 24 December 1951 | Hashim al-Atassi |
? | 3 December 1951 | 11 July 1953 | Fawzi Selu |
Fatina al-Fanari | 11 July 1953 | 25 February 1954 | Adib Shishakli |
? | 1 March 1954 | 6 September 1955 | Hashim al-Atassi |
Bahira al-Dalati | 6 September 1955 | 22 February 1958 | Shukri al-Quwatli |
Tahia Kazem (as First Lady of the United Arab Republic) | 22 February 1958 | 28 September 1970 | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
Şehire Al-Kudsi | 12 December 1961 | 7 March 1963 | Nazim al-Kudsi |
Anisa Makhlouf | 12 March 1971 | 10 June 2000 | Hafez al-Assad |
Asma al-Assad[3] | 13 December 2000 | Present | Bashar al-Assad |
References
- ^ "Syrian History - First Lady Bahira al-Dalati visiting New Delhi - 1957=". www.syrianhistory.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Syrian History - Nouran al-Zaim, the First Lady of Syria in March-August 1949website=www.syrianhistory.com". Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Syrian president's mother Anissa Assad dies aged 86". Al Jazeera English. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2019.