This is a list of presidents of Syria since 1920.
| No. | Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Political party | Note(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| Syrian Federation (under French mandate; 1922–1925) | ||||||||||
| 1 | Subhi Bey Barakat Arabic: صبحي بك بركات | — | 29 June 1922[1] | 1 January 1925 | Independent | |||||
| State of Syria (under French mandate; 1925–1930) | ||||||||||
| (1) | Subhi Bey Barakat Arabic: صبحي بك بركات | — | 1 January 1925 | 21 December 1925 | Independent | |||||
| — | François Pierre-Alype Arabic: فرانسوا بيير أليب | — | 9 February 1926 | 28 April 1926 | Independent | |||||
| 2 | Ahmad Nami Arabic: أحمد نامي | — | 28 April 1926 | 15 February 1928 | Independent | |||||
| — | Taj al-Din al-Hasani Arabic: تاج الدين الحسني | — | 15 February 1928 | 14 May 1930 | Independent | |||||
| First Syrian Republic (1930–1950) | ||||||||||
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan="10" | Mandatory Syrian Republic (1930–1946) | |||||||||
| — | Taj al-Din al-Hasani Arabic: تاج الدين الحسني | — | 14 May 1930 | 19 November 1931 | Independent | |||||
| — | Léon Solomiac Arabic: ليون سولومياك | — | 19 November 1931 | 11 June 1932 | Independent | |||||
| 3 | Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid Arabic: محمد علي بك العابد | — | 11 June 1932 | 21 December 1936 | Independent | |||||
| 4 | Hashim al-Atassi Arabic: هاشم الأتاسي | — | 21 December 1936 | 7 July 1939 | National Bloc | |||||
| 5 | Bahij al-Khatib Arabic: بهيج الخطيب | — | 10 July 1939 | 4 April 1941 | Independent | |||||
| — | Khalid al-Azm Arabic: خالد العظم | — | 4 April 1941 | 16 September 1941 | Independent | |||||
| 6 | Taj al-Din al-Hasani Arabic: تاج الدين الحسني | — | 16 September 1941 | 17 January 1943 | Independent | Hasani died in office. | ||||
| — | Jamil al-Ulshi Arabic: جميل الألشي | — | 17 January 1943 | 25 March 1943 | Independent | |||||
| 7 | Ata Bey al-Ayyubi Arabic: عطا الأيوبي | — | 25 March 1943 | 17 August 1943 | Independent | |||||
| 8 | Shukri al-Quwatli Arabic: شكري القوّتلي | — | 17 August 1943 | 17 April 1946 | National Bloc | |||||
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan="10" | Independent First Syrian Republic (1946–1950) | |||||||||
| (8) | Shukri al-Quwatli Arabic: شكري القوّتلي | — | 17 April 1946 | 29 March 1949 | National Bloc / National Party | Quwatli was ousted from power on 29 March 1949 by Husni al-Za'im, his Chief of Staff. | ||||
| 9 | Husni al-Za'im Arabic: حسني الزعيم | 1949 | 30 March 1949 | 14 August 1949 | Syrian Social Nationalist Party | Za'im was overthrown by a military coup in 1949 led by Adib Shishakli, and he was later executed on the orders of the new government. | ||||
| 10 | Sami al-Hinnawi Arabic: سامي الحناوي | — | 14 August 1949 | 15 August 1949 | Military | |||||
| 11 | Hashim al-Atassi Arabic: هاشم الأتاسي | — | 15 August 1949 | 5 September 1950 | People's Party | |||||
| Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958) | ||||||||||
| (11) | Hashim al-Atassi Arabic: هاشم الأتاسي | — | 5 September 1950 | 2 December 1951 | People's Party | |||||
| — | Adib Shishakli Arabic: أديب الشيشكلي | — | 2 December 1951 | 3 December 1951 | Syrian Social Nationalist Party | |||||
| 12 | Fawzi Selu Arabic: فوزي سلو | — | 3 December 1951 | 11 July 1953 | Military | |||||
| 13 | Adib Shishakli Arabic: أديب الشيشكلي | 1953 | 11 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. | ||||
| — | Maamun al-Kuzbari Arabic: مأمون الكزبري | — | 25 February 1954 | 28 February 1954 | Independent | |||||
| 14 | Hashim al-Atassi Arabic: هاشم الأتاسي | — | 28 February 1954 | 6 September 1955 | People's Party | |||||
| 15 | Shukri al-Quwatli Arabic: شكري القوّتلي | — | 6 September 1955 | 22 February 1958 | National Party | |||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Political party | Note(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present) | ||||||||||
| — | Maamun al-Kuzbari Arabic: مأمون الكزبري | — | 29 September 1961 | 20 November 1961 | Independent | Kuzbari took office following the 1961 coup d'état, which dissolved the United Arab Republic. | ||||
| — | Izzat al-Nuss Arabic: عزت النص [2] | — | 20 November 1961 | 14 December 1961 | Military | |||||
| 1 | Nazim al-Qudsi Arabic: ناظم القدسي | — | 14 December 1961 | 8 March 1963 | People's Party | The 1963 coup d'état, an event known as the 8th of March Revolution, toppled Qudsi 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. | ||||
| 2 | Lu'ay al-Atassi Arabic: لؤي الأتاسي | — | 9 March 1963 | 27 July 1963 | Independent | Atassi was appointed president by the NCRC because he posed no threat to the Military Committee's power. He resigned after high-ranking non-Ba'athist officers were purged. | ||||
| 3 | Amin al-Hafiz Arabic: أمين الحافظ | — | 27 July 1963 | 23 February 1966 | Ba'ath Party | Hafiz 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 | Nureddin al-Atassi Arabic: نور الدين الأتاسي | — | 25 February 1966 | 18 November 1970 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | 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 a coup in 1970, known as the Corrective Movement. | ||||
| — | Ahmad al-Khatib Arabic: أحمد الخطيب | — | 18 November 1970 | 22 February 1971 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | |||||
| 5 | Hafez al-Assad Arabic: حافظ الأسد | 1971 1978 1985 1991 1999 | 22 February 1971 | 10 June 2000 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | Assad died in office. | ||||
| — | Abdul Halim Khaddam Arabic: عبدالحليم خدام | — | 10 June 2000 | 17 July 2000 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | |||||
| 6 | Bashar al-Assad Arabic: بَشَّارُ ٱلْأَسَدِ | 2000 2007 2014 2021 | 17 July 2000 | Incumbent | Syrian Ba'ath Party | |||||