List of Prime Ministers of Syria
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This is a list of Prime Ministers of Syria since 1920.
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| National Bloc | |
| Syrian Social Nationalist Party | |
| National Party | |
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| Arab Liberation Movement | |
| National Union | |
| People's Party | |
| Syrian Regional Branch (Ba'ath Party / Syrian Ba'ath Party) |
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Prime Ministers[edit]
Kingdom of Syria (1920)[edit] |
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| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party | Note(s) | |
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| 1 | Rida Pasha al-Rikabi (1864–1943) |
March 1920 | May 1920 | Independent |
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| — | Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960) |
May 1920 | 28 July 1920 | Independent |
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Alaa al-Din al-Durubi (?–1920) |
28 July 1920 | 21 August 1920 | Independent |
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| 3 | Jamil al-Ulshi (1883–1951) |
6 September 1920 | 30 November 1920 | Independent |
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State of Syria, part of the French Mandate (1924–1930)[edit] |
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| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party | Note(s) | |
| 4 | Subhi Barakat (1883–1939) |
26 January 1925 | 21 December 1925 | Independent |
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| — | Taj al-Din al-Hasani (1885–1943) |
29 December 1925 | 6 January 1926 | Independent |
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Ahmad Nami (1878–1962) |
27 April 1926 | 9 February 1928 | Independent |
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| 6 | Taj al-Din al-Hasani (1885–1943) |
15 April 1928 | 14 May 1930 | Independent |
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Syrian Republic, part of the French Mandate (1930–1945)[edit] |
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| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party | Note(s) | |
| 6 | Taj al-Din al-Hasani (1885–1943) |
14 May 1930 | 19 November 1931 | Independent |
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| 7 | Haqqi al-Azm (1864–1955) |
7 June 1932 | 16 March 1934 | Independent |
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| 8 | Taj al-Din al-Hasani (1885–1943) |
16 March 1934 | 22 February 1936 | Independent |
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| 9 | Ata al-Ayyubi (1877–1951) |
22 February 1936 | 21 December 1936 | Independent |
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| 10 | Jamil Mardam Bey (1894–1960) |
21 December 1936 | 18 February 1939 | National Bloc |
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Lutfi al-Haffar (1885–1968) |
23 February 1939 | 13 March 1939 | National Bloc |
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Nasuhi al-Bukhari (1881–1961) |
6 April 1939 | 9 July 1939 | Independent |
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| 13 | Khalid al-Azm (1903–1965) |
4 April 1941 | 21 September 1941 | Independent |
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Hassan al-Hakim (1886–1988) |
21 September 1941 | 19 April 1942 | Independent |
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Husni al-Barazi (1895–1975) |
19 April 1942 | 10 January 1943 | Independent |
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| 16 | Jamil al-Ulshi (1883–1951) |
10 January 1943 | 25 March 1943 | Independent |
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| 17 | Ata al-Ayyubi (1877–1951) |
25 March 1943 | 17 August 1943 | Independent |
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| 18 | Saadallah al-Jabiri (1891–1948) |
19 August 1943 | 14 October 1944 | National Bloc |
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| 19 | Faris al-Khoury (1877–1962) |
14 October 1944 | 1 October 1945 | National Bloc |
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| 20 | Saadallah al-Jabiri (1891–1948) |
1 October 1945 | 24 October 1945 | National Bloc |
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Syrian Republic (1945–1958)[edit] |
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| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party | Note(s) | |
| 20 | Saadallah al-Jabiri (1891–1948) |
24 October 1945 | 16 December 1946 | National Bloc |
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| — | Khalid al-Azm (1903–1965) |
16 December 1946 | 29 December 1946 | Independent |
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| 21 | Jamil Mardam Bey (1894–1960) |
17 December 1946 | 29 December 1948 | National Bloc |
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| 22 | Khalid al-Azm (1903–1965) |
17 December 1948 | 30 March 1949 | Independent |
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| 23 | Husni al-Za'im (1897–1949) |
17 April 1949 | 26 June 1949 | Syrian Social Nationalist Party |
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| 24 | Muhsin al-Barazi (1904–1949) |
26 June 1949 | 14 August 1949 | Independent |
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| 25 | Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960) |
17 August 1949 | 24 December 1949 | National Party |
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| 26 | Nazim al-Kudsi (1906–1998) |
24 December 1949 | 27 December 1949 | People's Party |
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| 27 | Khalid al-Azm (1903–1965) |
27 December 1949 | 4 June 1950 | Independent |
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| 28 | Nazim al-Kudsi (1906–1998) |
4 June 1950 | 27 March 1951 | People's Party |
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| 29 | Khalid al-Azm (1903–1965) |
27 March 1951 | 9 August 1951 | Independent |
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Hassan al-Hakim (1886–1988) |
9 August 1951 | 13 November 1951 | Independent |
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Zaki al-Khatib (1887–1961) |
13 November 1951 | 28 November 1951 | People's Party |
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Maarouf al-Dawalibi (1909–2004) |
28 November 1951 | 29 November 1951 | People's Party |
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| 32 | Fawzi Selu (1905–1972) |
3 December 1951 | 19 July 1953 | Military | Selu had no power, real power laid in the hands of Adib Shishakli.[1] | ||
| 33 | Adib Shishakli (1909–1964) |
19 July 1953 | 25 February 1954 | Arab Liberation Movement | Shishakli resigned from office because of threats of a coup in 1954.[2] He fled the country, claiming that he did not want the country to fall into a civil war.[2] | ||
| 34 | Sabri al-Asali (1903–1976) |
1 March 1954 | 19 June 1954 | National Party |
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| 35 | Said al-Ghazzi (1893–1967) |
19 June 1954 | 3 November 1954 | Independent |
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| 36 | Faris al-Khoury (1877–1962) |
3 November 1954 | 13 February 1955 | People's Party |
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| 37 | Sabri al-Asali (1903–1976) |
13 February 1955 | 13 September 1955 | National Party |
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| 38 | Said al-Ghazzi (1893–1967) |
13 September 1955 | 14 June 1956 | Independent |
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| 39 | Sabri al-Asali (1903–1976) |
14 June 1956 | 22 February 1958 | National Party |
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United Arab Republic (1958–1961)[edit] |
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| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party | Note(s) | |
| 40 | Nur al-Din Kahala (1910–?) |
7 October 1958 | 20 September 1960 | National Union |
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| 41 | Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj (1925–2013) |
20 September 1960 | 16 August 1961 | National Union |
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Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)[edit] |
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| 42 | Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914–1998) |
29 September 1961 | 20 November 1961 | Independent |
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Izzat al-Nuss (1900–1972) |
20 November 1961 | 14 December 1961 | Military |
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Maarouf al-Dawalibi (1909–2004) |
22 December 1961 | 28 March 1962 | People's Party |
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| 45 | Bashir al-Azma (1910–1992) |
16 April 1962 | 14 September 1962 | Independent |
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| 46 | Khalid al-Azm (1903–1965) |
17 September 1962 | 9 March 1963 | Independent | The 1963 Syrian coup d'état, an event known as the 8th of March Revolution, toppled Khalid al-Azm and brought the National Council for the Revolutionary Command (NCRC) to government, although real power lay with the Ba'athist Military Committee, which organized the coup.[3] | ||
| 47 | Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912–1980) |
9 March 1963 | 11 November 1963 | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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| 48 | Amin al-Hafiz (1921–2009) |
12 November 1963 | 13 May 1964 | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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| 49 | Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912–1980) |
14 May 1964 | 3 October 1964 | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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| 50 | Amin al-Hafiz (1921–2009) |
4 October 1964 | 22 September 1965 | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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| 51 | Yusuf Zuayyin (1931–2016) |
22 September 1965 | 21 December 1965 | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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| 52 | Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912–1980) |
1 January 1966 | 23 February 1966 | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
Salah al-Din al-Bitar was overthrown by the Military Committee because of his support for Michel Aflaq and the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.[4] | ||
| 53 | Yusuf Zuayyin (1931–2016) |
1 March 1966 | 29 October 1968 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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| 54 | Nureddin al-Atassi (1929–1992) |
29 October 1968 | 18 November 1970 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
Nureddin al-Atassi was overthrown when a falling out occurred between Salah Jadid, the real ruler of Syria from 1966 to 1970, and Hafez al-Assad, the Minister of Defense.[5] Assad initiated the Corrective Movement in 1970.[6] | ||
| 55 | Hafez al-Assad (1930–2000) |
21 November 1970 | 3 April 1971 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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Abdul Rahman Khleifawi (1930–2009) |
3 April 1971 | 21 December 1972 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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Mahmoud al-Ayyubi (1932–) |
21 December 1972 | 7 August 1976 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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Abdul Rahman Khleifawi (1930–2009) |
7 August 1976 | 27 March 1978 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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Muhammad Ali al-Halabi (1937–) |
27 March 1978 | 9 January 1980 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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Abdul Rauf al-Kasm (1932–) |
9 January 1980 | 1 November 1987 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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Mahmoud Zuabi (1935–2000) |
1 November 1987 | 13 March 2000 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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Muhammad Mustafa Mero (1941–) |
13 March 2000 | 10 September 2003 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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| 63 | Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944–) |
10 September 2003 | 14 April 2011 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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Adel Safar (1953–) |
14 April 2011 | 23 June 2012 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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Riyad Farid Hijab (1966–) |
23 June 2012 | 6 August 2012 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954–) |
6 August 2012 | 11 August 2012 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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| 66 | Wael Nader al-Halqi (1964–) |
11 August 2012 | 3 July 2016 | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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Imad Khamis (1961–) |
3 July 2016 | Incumbent | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
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See also[edit]
- President of Syria
- Vice President of Syria
- Prime Minister of Syria
- Speaker of the People's Council of Syria
References[edit]
- General
- ^ Moubayed 2006, p. 85.
- ^ a b Moubayed 2006, p. 339.
- ^ Moubayed 2006, p. 133.
- ^ Seale 1990, pp. 99–101.
- ^ Seale 1990, pp. 142–144.
- ^ Seale 1990, pp. 162–163.
- Bibliography
- Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel & Silk: Men and Women who shaped Syria 1900–2000. Cune Press. ISBN 1-885942-40-0.
- Seale, Patrick (1990). Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520069763.