List of prime ministers of Syria explained

This is a list of prime ministers of Syria since 1920.

List of officeholders

Syria (1920–1958)

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party		Note(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920)
1		Rida Pasha al-Rikabi Arabic: رضا باشا الركابي	9 March 1920	3 May 1920		Independent
—		Hashim al-Atassi Arabic: هاشم الأتاسي	3 May 1920	25 July 1920		Independent
2		Aladdin Al-Droubi Arabic: علاء الدين الدروبي	26 July 1920	21 August 1920		Independent
3		Jamil al-Ulshi Arabic: جميل الألشي	6 September 1920	30 November 1920		Independent
State of Syria (under French mandate; 1925–1930)
4		Subhi Bey Barakat Arabic: صبحي بك بركات الخالدي	26 January 1925	21 December 1925		Independent
—		Taj al-Din al-Hasani Arabic: تاج الدين الحسني	29 December 1925	6 January 1926		Independent
5		Ahmad Nami Arabic: أحمد نامي	27 April 1926	9 February 1928		Independent
6		Taj al-Din al-Hasani Arabic: تاج الدين الحسني	15 April 1928	14 May 1930		Independent
First Syrian Republic (1930–1950)
bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan="9"	Mandatory Syrian Republic (1930–1946)
(6)		Taj al-Din al-Hasani Arabic: تاج الدين الحسني	14 May 1930	19 November 1931		Independent
7		Haqqi al-Azm Arabic: حقي العظم	7 June 1932	16 March 1934		Independent
8		Taj al-Din al-Hasani Arabic: تاج الدين الحسني	16 March 1934	22 February 1936		Independent
9		Ata Bey al-Ayyubi Arabic: عطا الأيوبي	22 February 1936	21 December 1936		Independent
10		Jamil Mardam Bey Arabic: جميل مردم بك	21 December 1936	18 February 1939		National Bloc
11		Lutfi al-Haffar Arabic: لطفي الحفار	23 February 1939	13 March 1939		National Bloc
12		Nasuhi al-Bukhari Arabic: نصوحي البخاري	6 April 1939	9 July 1939		Independent
13		Khalid al-Azm Arabic: خالد العظم	4 April 1941	21 September 1941		Independent
14		Hassan al-Hakim Arabic: حسن الحكيم	21 September 1941	19 April 1942		Independent
15		Husni al-Barazi Arabic: حسني البرازي	19 April 1942	10 January 1943		Independent
16		Jamil al-Ulshi Arabic: جميل الألشي	10 January 1943	25 March 1943		Independent
17		Ata Bey al-Ayyubi Arabic: عطا الأيوبي	25 March 1943	17 August 1943		Independent
18		Saadallah al-Jabiri Arabic: سعد الله الجابري	19 August 1943	14 October 1944		National Bloc
19		Fares al-Khoury Arabic: فارس الخوري	14 October 1944	1 October 1945		National Bloc
20		Saadallah al-Jabiri Arabic: سعد الله الجابري	1 October 1945	17 April 1946		National Bloc
bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan="9"	Independent First Syrian Republic (1946–1950)
(20)		Saadallah al-Jabiri Arabic: سعد الله الجابري	17 April 1946	16 December 1946		National Bloc
—		Khalid al-Azm Arabic: خالد العظم	16 December 1946	29 December 1946		Independent
21		Jamil Mardam Bey Arabic: جميل مردم بك	29 December 1946	17 December 1948		National Bloc
22		Khalid al-Azm Arabic: خالد العظم	17 December 1948	30 March 1949		Independent
23		Husni al-Za'im Arabic: حسني الزعيم	17 April 1949	26 June 1949		Syrian Social Nationalist Party
24		Muhsin al-Barazi Arabic: محسن البرازي	26 June 1949	14 August 1949		Independent
25		Hashim al-Atassi Arabic: هاشم الأتاسي	17 August 1949	24 December 1949		People's Party
26		Nazim al-Qudsi Arabic: ناظم القدسي	24 December 1949	27 December 1949		People's Party
27		Khalid al-Azm Arabic: خالد العظم	27 December 1949	4 June 1950		Independent
28		Nazim al-Qudsi Arabic: ناظم القدسي	4 June 1950	5 September 1950		People's Party
Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958)
(28)		Nazim al-Qudsi Arabic: ناظم القدسي	5 September 1950	27 March 1951		People's Party
29		Khalid al-Azm Arabic: خالد العظم	27 March 1951	9 August 1951		Independent
30		Hassan al-Hakim Arabic: حسن الحكيم	9 August 1951	13 November 1951		Independent
—		Zaki al-Khatib Arabic: زكي الخطيب	13 November 1951	28 November 1951		People's Party
31		Maarouf al-Dawalibi Arabic: معروف الدواليبي	28 November 1951	29 November 1951		People's Party
32		Fawzi Selu Arabic: فوزي سلو	3 December 1951	19 July 1953		Military		Selu had no power, real power laid in the hands of Adib Shishakli.
33		Adib Shishakli Arabic: أديب الشيشكلي	19 July 1953	25 February 1954		Arab Liberation Movement		Shishakli resigned from office because of threats of a coup in 1954. He fled the country, claiming that he did not want the country to fall into a civil war.
34		Sabri al-Asali Arabic: صبري العسلي	1 March 1954	19 June 1954		National Party
35		Said al-Ghazzi Arabic: سعيد الغزي	19 June 1954	3 November 1954		Independent
36		Fares al-Khoury Arabic: فارس الخوري	3 November 1954	13 February 1955		People's Party
37		Sabri al-Asali Arabic: صبري العسلي	13 February 1955	13 September 1955		National Party
38		Said al-Ghazzi Arabic: سعيد الغزي	13 September 1955	14 June 1956		Independent
39		Sabri al-Asali Arabic: صبري العسلي	14 June 1956	22 February 1958		National Party

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
40		Nur al-Din Kahala Arabic: نور الدين كحالة	7 October 1958	20 September 1960		National Union
41		Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj Arabic: عبد الحميد السراج	20 September 1960	16 August 1961		National Union

Syria (1961–present)

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party		Government	Note(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)
42		Maamun al-Kuzbari Arabic: مأمون الكزبري	29 September 1961	20 November 1961		Independent		al-Kuzbari	Kuzbari took office following the 1961 coup d'état, which dissolved the United Arab Republic.
43		Izzat al-Nuss Arabic: عزت النص ^[1]	20 November 1961	14 December 1961		Military		al-Nuss
44		Maarouf al-Dawalibi Arabic: معروف الدواليبي	22 December 1961	28 March 1962		People's Party		al-Dawalibi
45		Bashir al-Azma Arabic: بشير العظَمة	16 April 1962	14 September 1962		Independent		al-Azma
46		Khalid al-Azm Arabic: خالد العظم	17 September 1962	9 March 1963		Independent		al-Azm	The 1963 coup d'état, an event known as the 8th of March Revolution, toppled 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.
47		Salah al-Din al-Bitar Arabic: صلاح الدين البيطار	9 March 1963	11 May 1963		Ba'ath Party		al-Bitar I
—		Sami al-Jundi Arabic: سامي الجندي	11 May 1963	13 May 1963		Ba'ath Party		al-Bitar I
(47)		Salah al-Din al-Bitar Arabic: صلاح الدين البيطار	13 May 1963	11 November 1963		Ba'ath Party		al-Bitar II–III
48		Amin al-Hafiz Arabic: أمين الحافظ	12 November 1963	13 May 1964		Ba'ath Party		al-Hafiz I
49		Salah al-Din al-Bitar Arabic: صلاح الدين البيطار	14 May 1964	3 October 1964		Ba'ath Party		al-Bitar IV
50		Amin al-Hafiz Arabic: أمين الحافظ	4 October 1964	22 September 1965		Ba'ath Party		al-Hafiz II
51		Yusuf Zuayyin Arabic: يوسف زعيّـن	22 September 1965	21 December 1965		Ba'ath Party		Zuayyin I
52		Salah al-Din al-Bitar Arabic: صلاح الدين البيطار	1 January 1966	23 February 1966		Ba'ath Party		al-Bitar V	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.
53		Yusuf Zuayyin Arabic: يوسف زعيّـن	1 March 1966	29 October 1968		Syrian Ba'ath Party		Zuayyin II
54		Nureddin al-Atassi Arabic: نور الدين الأتاسي	29 October 1968	18 November 1970		Syrian Ba'ath Party		al-Atassi	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. Assad initiated the Corrective Movement in 1970.
55		Hafez al-Assad Arabic: حافظ الأسد	21 November 1970	3 April 1971		Syrian Ba'ath Party		al-Assad
56		Abdul Rahman Khleifawi Arabic: عبد الرحمن خليفاوي	3 April 1971	21 December 1972		Syrian Ba'ath Party		Khleifawi I
57		Mahmoud al-Ayyubi Arabic: محمود الأيوبي	21 December 1972	7 August 1976		Syrian Ba'ath Party		al-Ayyubi
58		Abdul Rahman Khleifawi Arabic: عبد الرحمن خليفاوي	7 August 1976	27 March 1978		Syrian Ba'ath Party		Khleifawi II
59		Muhammad Ali al-Halabi Arabic: محمد علي الحلبي	27 March 1978	9 January 1980		Syrian Ba'ath Party		al-Halabi
60		Abdul Rauf al-Kasm Arabic: عبد الرؤوف الكسم	9 January 1980	1 November 1987		Syrian Ba'ath Party		al-Kasm
61		Mahmoud Al-Zoubi Arabic: محمود الزعبي	1 November 1987	13 March 2000		Syrian Ba'ath Party		Al-Zoubi
62		Muhammad Mustafa Mero Arabic: محمد مصطفى ميرو	13 March 2000	10 September 2003		Syrian Ba'ath Party		Mero I–II
63		Muhammad Naji al-Otari Arabic: محمد ناجي عطري	10 September 2003	14 April 2011		Syrian Ba'ath Party		Naji al-Otari
64		Adel Safar Arabic: عادل سفر	14 April 2011	23 June 2012		Syrian Ba'ath Party		Safar
65		Riyad Farid Hijab Arabic: رياض فريد حجاب	23 June 2012	6 August 2012		Syrian Ba'ath Party		Hijab	Defected to the opposition during the civil war.^[2] ^[3]
—		Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji Arabic: عمر ابراهيم غلاونجي	6 August 2012	9 August 2012		Independent^[4]		Hijab
66		Wael Nader al-Halqi Arabic: وائل نادر الحلقي	9 August 2012	3 July 2016		Syrian Ba'ath Party		al-Halqi I–II
67		Imad Khamis Arabic: عماد خميس	3 July 2016	11 June 2020		Syrian Ba'ath Party		Khamis
68		Hussein Arnous Arabic: حسين عرنوس	11 June 2020	14 September 2024		Syrian Ba'ath Party		Arnous I–II
69		Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali Arabic: محمد غازي الجلالي	14 September 2024	Incumbent		Syrian Ba'ath Party		al-Jalali

See also

• President of Syria
  • List of presidents of Syria
• Vice President of Syria
• Prime Minister of Syria
• Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria

References

General

Bibliography

• Book: Moubayed, Sami M. . CITEREFMoubayed2006 . Steel & Silk: Men and Women who shaped Syria 1900–2000 . Cune Press . 2006 . 1-885942-40-0.
• Book: Seale, Patrick . CITEREFSeale1990 . Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East . . 1990 . 978-0520069763 . registration . Patrick Seale .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Who's who in the Arab World. 1974.
2. News: Syrian prime minister joins opposition. Al Jazeera. 6 August 2012. 6 August 2012.
3. News: Syria PM Riad Hijab defects to Jordan. 6 August 2012. BBC News. 6 August 2012.
4. News: 2012-08-09 . أول رئيس حكومة"غير بعثي"منذ 1963...مصدر رفيع لسيريانديز:غلاونجي باق في الفترة القادمة . The first Prime Minister since 1963 not to belong to the Ba'ath Party... A senior source to SyrianDays: Ghalawanji will remain for the next period. . ar-SY . syriandays.com . 2015-01-07 .