First Lady of Syria

First Lady of the Syrian Arab Republic السيدة الأولى للجمهورية العربية السورية
Coat of arms of Syria
Incumbent Asma al-Assad 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 August 1943

First Lady of Syria (Arabic: السيدة الأولى للجمهورية العربية السورية, romanized: al-Sayyidah al-Ūlá lil-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah al-Sūrīyah) is a title attributed to the spouse of the incumbent president of Syria (currently Bashar al-Assad). For the past 51 years, two consecutive first ladies have come from the same ruling family, the Al-Assad family.

List of first ladies of Syria

Name	Term Begins	Term Ends	Incumbent President
Bahira al-Dalati	17 August 1943	30 May 1949	Shukri al-Quwatli
Nouran al-Za'im	11 April 1949	14 August 1949	Husni al-Za'im
none	14 August 1949	15 August 1949	Sami al-Hinnawi
none	15 August 1949	2 December 1951	Hashim al-Atassi
none	3 December 1951	11 July 1953	Fawzi Selu
Fatina al-Fanari	11 July 1953	25 February 1954	Adib Shishakli
none	28 February 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	14 December 1961	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Şehire al-Kudsi	14 December 1961	8 March 1963	Nazim al-Kudsi
none	9 March 1963	27 July 1963	Lu'ay al-Atassi
Zeinab al-Hafiz	27 July 1963	23 February 1966	Amin al-Hafiz
Salma al-Hasibi	25 February 1966	18 November 1970	Nureddin al-Atassi
Anisa Makhlouf	12 March 1971	10 June 2000	Hafez al-Assad
Asma al-Assad	13 December 2000	Present	Bashar al-Assad