List of governors of Damascus
Appearance
Mayor of Damascus | |
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![]() The seal of Damascus Governorate. | |
since 20 July 2022 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Appointer | President of Syria |
Term length | No term limits |
Inaugural holder | Aladdin Al-Droubi |
Formation | 1918 |
Website | damascus.gov.sy |
The following is a list of mayors of Damascus since 1918.[1]
List of officeholders (1918–present)
[edit]Person | Name in Arabic | Time as mayor |
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Aladdin Al-Droubi | علاء الدين الدروبي | 1918 - 1920 |
Nawras al-Kilani | نورس الكيلاني | 6 June 1925 - August 1926 |
Aref al-Khatib | عارف الخطيب | September 1926 |
Bahij al-Khatib | بهيج الخطيب | 6 February 1936 - 2 March 1936 |
Tawfiq al-Hayani | توفيق الحياني | 2 March 1936 - 1937 |
Fayez al-Shehabi | فايز الشهابي | 1937 - 19 June 1940 |
Sofouh al-Azm | صفوح العظم | 19 June 1940 - February 1942 |
Husni al-Barazi | حسني البرازي | February 1942 - April 1942 |
Aref al-Hamzawi | عارف الحمزاوي | April 1942 - December 1944 |
Mazhar al-Bakri | مظهر البكري | December 1944 - November 1946 |
Nabih al-Azma | نبيه العظمة | November 1946 - December 1946 |
Behjat Shehabi | بهجت شهابي | December 1946 - April 1949 |
Khalil Refaat | خليل رفعت | April 1949 |
Abdel Hamid Mardini | عبد الحميد مارديني | April 1949 - 15 October 1949 |
Sayed al-Yousef | سيد اليوسف | March 1950 - 26 January 1951 |
Rashad Jabri | رشاد جبري | 1951 - 1952 |
Nasuh al-Ayyubi | نصوح الأيوبي | 1952 - 1954 |
Abdel Hamid Mardini | عبد الحميد مارديني | February 1954 - April 1954 |
Ismail Qoli | اسماعيل قلي | April 1954 - September 1954 |
Mustafa Malik Noor Allah | مصطفى مالك نور الله | 1954 |
Mokhtar Diab | مختار دياب | 1954 - 1957 |
Bashir al-Qudmani | بشير القضماني | 1957 - 1960 |
Abdul Salam Termanini | عبد السلام ترمانيني | 1961 |
Majed al-Ghazi | ماجد الغازي | 1961 - May 1962 |
Ibrahim al-Hamzawi | ابراهيم الحمزاوي | May 1962 - April 1963 |
Abd al-Rahman al-Mardini | عبد الرحمن المارديني | April 1963 - May 1964 |
Sufouh as-Sawwaf | صفوح الصواف | July 1964 - April 1966 |
Muhammad al-Sioufi | محمد السيوفي | November 1967 - February 1969 |
Muhammad Ali al-Halabi | محمد علي الحلبي | February 1969 - July 1971 |
Mohammed Yassin Alasta | محمد ياسين الاسطة | January 1972 - December 1974 |
Farouk al-Hamwi | فاروق الحموي | August 1975 - 1979 |
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm | عبد الرؤوف الكسم | June 1979 - March 1980 |
Mohammed al-Sioufi | محمد السيوفي | March 1980 - March 1982 |
Adnan Quli | عدنان قولي | March 1982 - May 1985 |
Ghassan al-Halabi | غسان الحلبي | November 1985 - November 1987 |
Mohammed Amin Abu Al-Shamat | محمد امين ابو الشامات | December 1987 - April 1990 |
Muhammad Walid Hamamiyeh | محمد وليد حمامية | May 1991 - July 1994 |
Mohamed Zuhair Tilbi | محمد زهير تغلبي | July 1994 - August 1999 |
Nabil Nasri | نبيل نصري | August 1999 - February 2001 |
Ghassan al-Lahham | غسان اللحام | February 2001 - September 2003 |
Muhammad Bashar al-Mufti | محمد بشار المفتي | 22 January 2004 - 26 November 2006 |
Bishr al-Sabban | بشر الصبان | 1 May 2006 - 26 November 2018 |
Adel al-Olabi[2] | عادل العلبي | 26 November 2018 - 20 July 2022 |
Mohammad Tariq Kreishati[2] | محمد طارق كريشاتي | 20 July 2022 - present |
See also
[edit]- Damascus
- History of Damascus
- Timeline of Damascus
- List of governors of Aleppo
- List of governors of Homs
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Damascus governors and mayors". Syrian Modern History (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ a b "President al-Assad issues decrees on appointing new governors for eight Syrian provinces". SANA. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.