Vice President of Syria explained

Post:	Vice President
Body:	the Syrian Arab Republic
Native Name:
Insignia:	Seal of the President of Syria.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Insigniacaption:	Seal of the vice president of Syria
Incumbent:	Najah al-Attar
Incumbentsince:	23 March 2006
Style:	Vice President His or Her Excellency
Nominator:	President
Appointer:	President
Seat:	Damascus, Syria
Appointerpost:	President of Syria
Termlength:	No term limits, serves at the President's pleasure

The vice president of Syria (Arabic: نائب رئيس سوريا) is a political position in Syria. The Constitution states that in the case of the president's temporary disablement, the vice president may become acting president.^[1] Multiple people can hold the office of vice presidency at the same time. The president of Syria appoints vice presidents.^[2]

Vice president in Constitution

1. The president of the republic might name one or more deputies and delegate to them some of his authorities;
2. The vice-president is sworn in before the president of the republic by repeating the constitutional oath mentioned in Article 7 of the Constitution. (Art. 91)^[3]
3. If an impediment prevented the president of the republic from continuing to carry out his duties, the vice-president shall deputize for him. (Art. 92)^[3]
4. No person carrying another nationality, in addition to the nationality of the Syrian Arab Republic, might occupy the office of vice-president. (Art. 152)^[3]

List of officeholders

Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958)

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party		President(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Maamun al-Kuzbari Arabic: مأمون الكزبري	25 February 1952	28 February 1954		Arab Liberation Movement		Fawzi Selu
								Adib Shishakli

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party		President(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
2		Sabri al-Asali Arabic: صبري العسلي	7 March 1958	7 October 1958		National Party		Gamal Abdel Nasser
		Akram al-Hawrani Arabic: أَكْرَم الْحَوْرَانِي	7 March 1958	19 September 1960		Ba'ath Party
		Abdel Latif Boghdadi Arabic: عبد اللطيف البغدادي	7 March 1958	29 September 1961		National Union
		Abdel Hakim Amer Arabic: عبد الحكيم عامر	7 March 1958	29 September 1961		National Union
3		Nur al-Din Kahala Arabic: نور الدين كحالة	20 September 1960	29 September 1961		National Union
4		Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj Arabic: عبد الحميد السراج	16 August 1961	29 September 1961		National Union
		Kamal el-Din Hussein Arabic: كمال الدين حسين	16 August 1961	29 September 1961		National Union
		Zakaria Mohieddin Arabic: زكريا محيي الدين	16 August 1961	29 September 1961		National Union
		Hussein el-Shafei Arabic: حسين محمود حسن الشافعي	16 August 1961	29 September 1961		National Union

Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)^[4]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party		President(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
5		Muhammad Umran Arabic: محمد عمران	8 March 1963	15 December 1964		Ba'ath Party		Lu'ay al-Atassi
								Amin al-Hafiz
6		Nureddin al-Atassi Arabic: نور الدين الأتاسي	15 December 1964	28 December 1965		Ba'ath Party
7		Shibli al-Aysami Arabic: شبلي العيسمي	28 December 1965	23 February 1966		Ba'ath Party
8		Mahmoud al-Ayyubi Arabic: محمود الأيوبي	22 February 1971	7 August 1976		Syrian Ba'ath Party		Hafez al-Assad
9		Rifaat al-Assad Arabic: رِفْعَتُ ٱلْأَسَدِ	11 March 1984	8 February 1998		Syrian Ba'ath Party
		Abdul Halim Khaddam Arabic: عبدالحليم خدام	11 March 1984	15 February 2005		Syrian Ba'ath Party		Hafez al-Assad Bashar al-Assad
		Zuhair Masharqa Arabic: زهير مشارقة	11 March 1984	21 February 2005		Syrian Ba'ath Party
10		Farouk al-Sharaa Arabic: فاروق الشرع	21 February 2006	19 July 2014^[5]		Syrian Ba'ath Party		Bashar al-Assad
11		Najah al-Attar Arabic: نجاح العطار	23 March 2006	Incumbent		Syrian Ba'ath Party

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Collelo, Thomas. Syria: A Country Study. 1988. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. 223.
2. Web site: Constitutional history of Syria. constitutionniet.org. 11 December 2021.
3. Web site: Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic 2012: Vice-President. constitutions.unwomen.org. 31 March 2021. 31 December 2021.
4. Book: Historical Dictionary of Syria. 9780810879669. Commins. David. Lesch. David W.. 5 December 2013. Scarecrow Press .
5. Web site: Syria's Assad reappoints woman VP but mum on Sharaa . 20 July 2014 .