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Prime Minister of the
Syrian Arab Republic
Coat of arms of Syria
AppointerBashar al-Assad
Inaugural holderSaadallah al-Jabiri
Formation17 April 1946
Politics of Syria

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This is a list of Prime Ministers of Syria since 1920.

List of Prime Ministers of Syria (1920–Present)

# Portrait Name
(Born-Died)
(Term) 		Term of Office Party

Prime Ministers of the Arab Kingdom of Syria
(1920)

style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 1 Rida Pasha al-Rikabi
(1864–1943) 		March 1920 May 1920 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | — Hashim al-Atassi
(1875–1960)
(1st Term, Acting) 		May 1920 28 July 1920 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 2 Alaa al-Din al-Durubi Basha
(?–1920) 		28 July 1920 21 August 1920 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 3 Jamil al-Ulshi
(1883–1951)
(1st Term) 		6 September 1920 30 November 1920 Independent

Prime Ministers of the French Mandate of Syria
(1920–1946)

style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 4 Subhi Bay Barakat al-Khalidi
(1883–1939) 		26 January 1925 21 December 1925 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | — Taj al-Din al-Hasani
(1885–1943)
(1st Term, Acting) 		29 December 1925 6 January 1926 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 5 Damad-i Shariyari Ahmad Nami Bay
(1878–1962) 		27 April 1926 9 February 1928 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 6 Taj al-Din al-Hasani
(1885–1943)
(2nd Term) 		15 April 1928 19 November 1931 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 7 Haqqi al-Azm
(1864–1955) 		7 June 1932 16 March 1934 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 8 Taj al-Din al-Hasani
(1885–1943)
(3rd Term) 		16 March 1934 22 February 1936 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 9 Ata al-Ayyubi
(1877–1951)
(1st Term) 		22 February 1936 21 December 1936 Independent
10 Jamil Mardam Bey
(1894–1960)
(1st Term) 		21 December 1936 18 February 1939 National Bloc
11 Lutfi al-Haffar
(1885–1968) 		23 February 1939 13 March 1939 National Bloc
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 12 Nasuhi al-Bukhari
(?–1961) 		6 April 1939 9 July 1939 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 13 Khalid al-Azm
(1903–1965)
(1st Term) 		4 April 1941 21 September 1941 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 14 Hassan al-Hakim
(1886–1988)
(1st Term) 		21 September 1941 19 April 1942 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 15 Husni al-Barazi
(1895–1975) 		19 April 1942 10 January 1943 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 16 Jamil al-Ulshi
(1883–1951)
(2nd Term) 		10 January 1943 25 March 1943 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 17 Ata al-Ayyubi
(1877–1951)
(2nd Term) 		25 March 1943 17 August 1943 Independent
18 Saadallah al-Jabiri
(1891–1948)
(1st Term) 		19 August 1943 14 October 1944 National Bloc
19 Faris al-Khoury
(1877–1962)
(1st Term) 		14 October 1944 1 October 1945 National Bloc
20 Saadallah al-Jabiri
(1891–1948)
(2nd Term) 		1 October 1945 17 April 1946 National Bloc

Prime Ministers of the Syrian Republic
(1946–1958)

20 Saadallah al-Jabiri
(1891–1948)
(2nd Term) 		17 April 1946 16 December 1946 National Bloc
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | — Khalid al-Azm
(1903–1965)
(2nd Term, Acting) 		16 December 1946 29 December 1946 Independent
21 Jamil Mardam Bey
(1894–1960)
(2nd Term) 		29 December 1946 17 December 1948 National Bloc
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 22 Khalid al-Azm
(1903–1965)
(3rd Term) 		17 December 1948 30 March 1949[1] Independent
23 Husni al-Za'im
(1897–1949) 		17 April 1949 26 June 1949 Military / Syrian Social Nationalist Party
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 24 Muhsin al-Barazi
(1904–1949) 		26 June 1949 14 August 1949[2] Independent
25 Hashim al-Atassi
(1875–1960)
(2nd Term) 		17 August 1949 24 December 1949 National Party
26 Nazim al-Kudsi
(1906–1998)
(1st Term) 		24 December 1949 27 December 1949 People's Party
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 27 Khalid al-Azm
(1903–1965)
(4th Term) 		27 December 1949 4 June 1950 Independent
28 Nazim al-Kudsi
(1906–1998)
(2nd Term) 		4 June 1950 27 March 1951 People's Party
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 29 Khalid al-Azm
(1903–1965)
(5th Term) 		27 March 1951 9 August 1951 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 30 Hassan al-Hakim
(1886–1988)
(2nd Term) 		9 August 1951 13 November 1951 Independent
— Zaki al-Khatib
(1887–1961)
(Acting) 		13 November 1951 28 November 1951 People's Party
31 Maarouf al-Dawalibi
(1909–2004)
(1st Term) 		28 November 1951 29 November 1951 People's Party
32 Fawzi Selu
(1905–1972) 		3 December 1951 19 July 1953 Military
33 Adib Shishakli
(1909–1964) 		19 July 1953 1 March 1954 Military / Arab Liberation Movement
34 Sabri al-Asali
(1903–1976)
(1st Term) 		1 March 1954 19 June 1954 National Party
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 35 Said al-Ghazzi
(1893–1967)
(1st Term) 		19 June 1954 3 November 1954 Independent
36 Faris al-Khoury
(1877–1962)
(2nd Term) 		3 November 1954 13 February 1955 People's Party
37 Sabri al-Asali
(1903–1976)
(2nd Term) 		13 February 1955 13 September 1955 National Party
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 38 Said al-Ghazzi
(1893–1967)
(1st Term) 		13 September 1955 14 June 1956 Independent
39 Sabri al-Asali
(1903–1976)
(3rd Term) 		14 June 1956 6 March 1958 National Party

Chairmen of the Executive Council of Northern Region (Syria) of the United Arab Republic
(1958–1961)

40 Nureddin Kuhala
(1910–?) 		7 October 1958 20 September 1960 National Union
41 Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj
(b. 1925) 		20 September 1960 16 August 1961 National Union

Prime Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic
(1961–Present)

style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 42 Maamun al-Kuzbari
(1914–1998) 		29 September 1961 20 November 1961 Independent
43 Izzat an-Nuss
(1900–1972) 		20 November 1961 14 December 1961 Military
44 Maarouf al-Dawalibi
(1909–2004)
(2nd Term) 		22 December 1961 28 March 1962 People's Party
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 45 Bashir al-Azma
(1910–1992) 		16 April 1962 14 September 1962 Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 46 Khalid al-Azm
(1903–1965)
(6th Term) 		17 September 1962 9 March 1963[3] Independent
47 Salah al-Din al-Bitar
(1912–1980)
(1st Term) 		9 March 1963 12 November 1963 Ba'ath Party
48 Amin al-Hafiz
(1921–2009)
(1st Term) 		12 November 1963 13 May 1964 Ba'ath Party
49 Salah al-Din al-Bitar
(1912–1980)
(2nd Term) 		13 May 1964 3 October 1964 Ba'ath Party
50 Amin al-Hafiz
(1921–2009)
(2nd Term) 		4 October 1964 23 September 1965 Ba'ath Party
51 Yusuf Zuaiyin
(b. 1931)
(1st Term) 		23 September 1965 21 December 1965 Ba'ath Party
52 Salah al-Din al-Bitar
(1912–1980)
(3rd Term) 		1 January 1966 23 February 1966[4] Ba'ath Party
53 Yusuf Zuaiyin
(b. 1931)
(2nd Term) 		25 February 1966 29 October 1968 Ba'ath Party
54 Nureddin al-Atassi
(1930–1992) 		29 October 1968 21 November 1970[5] Ba'ath Party
55 Hafez al-Assad
(1930–2000) 		21 November 1970 3 April 1971 Ba'ath Party
56 Abdul Rahman Kleifawi
(b. 1930)
(1st Term) 		3 April 1971 21 December 1972 Ba'ath Party
57 Mahmoud al-Ayyubi
(b. 1932) 		21 December 1972 7 August 1976 Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
58 Abdul Rahman Kleifawi
(b. 1930)
(2nd Term) 		7 August 1976 27 March 1978 Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
59 Muhammad Ali al-Halabi
(b. 1937) 		27 March 1978 9 January 1980 Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
60 Abdul Rauf al-Kasm
(b. 1932) 		9 January 1980 1 November 1987 Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
61 Mahmoud Zuabi
(1935–2000) 		1 November 1987 13 March 2000 Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
62 Muhammad Mustafa Mero
(b. 1941) 		13 March 2000 10 September 2003 Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
63 Muhammad Naji al-Otari
(b. 1944) 		10 September 2003 14 April 2011[6] Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
64 Adel Safar
(b. 1953) 		14 April 2011 23 June 2012 Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
65 File:Riyad Farid Hijab.jpg Riyad Farid Hijab
(b. 1966) 		23 June 2012 Incumbent Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front

Footnotes

  1. ^ Deposed in the March 1949 Syrian coup d'état
  2. ^ Deposed and executed
  3. ^ Deposed in the 8 March Revolution
  4. ^ Deposed in the 1966 Syrian coup d'état
  5. ^ Deposed in the 1970 Syrian Corrective Revolution
  6. ^ Resigned during the Syrian uprising (2011–present)

See also

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