Post: | Prime Minister |
Native Name: | |
Body: | the Syrian Arab Republic |
Insignia: | Seal of the Prime Minister of Syria.svg |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of the prime minister of Syria |
Insigniasize: | 120px |
Incumbent: | Hussein Arnous |
Incumbentsince: | 11 June 2020 |
Style: | Mr Prime Minister His Excellency |
Department: | Council of Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic Executive branch of the Syrian Government |
Status: | Head of Council of Ministers; Second highest in executive branch |
Residence: | Government building, Damascus, Syria |
Appointer: | President |
Appointerpost: | President |
Reports To: | President |
Member Of: | Council of Ministers |
Deputy: | Deputy Prime Minister |
Termlength: | No term limits |
Salary: | 18,285 USD annually[1] |
Constituting Instrument: | Constitution of Syria |
Inaugural: | Ali Rikabi (kingdom) Saadallah al-Jabiri (republic) |
The prime minister of Syria (Arabic: رئيس وزراء سوريا|raʾīs wuzarāʾ Sūriyā) is the head of Council of Ministers appointed by the President of the Syrian Arab Republic.[2]
The prime minister is appointed by the president of Syria, along with other ministers and members of the government that the new prime minister recommends.[3]
The People's Assembly of Syria then approves the legislative program of the new government, before the new government formally take office.
There are no constitutional limits on a prime minister's term, and several of them served multiple non-consecutive terms.[4] The Syrian Presidency retains the constitutional authority to appoint or remove the Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers.[5]
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