List of Prime Ministers of Syria

This article lists the Prime Ministers of Syria since 1920.

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Kingdom of Syria (1920)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Note(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Rida Pasha al-Rikabi
(1864–1943)		 9 March 1920 3 May 1920 55 days Independent Previously Military Governor in the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (1 Oct 1918 – 14 Dec 1919)
— Hashim al-Atassi
(1875–1960)		 3 May 1920 25 July 1920 83 days Independent
—
2 Alaa al-Din al-Durubi
(1870–1920)		 25 July 1920 20 August 1920 26 days Independent
—
3 Jamil al-Ulshi
(1883–1951)		 6 September 1920 30 November 1920 85 days Independent
—

State of Syria, part of the French Mandate (1924–1930)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Note(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
4 Subhi Barakat
(1889–1939)		 26 January 1925 21 December 1925 329 days Independent
—
— Taj al-Din al-Hasani
(1885–1943)		 29 December 1925 6 January 1926 8 days Independent
—
5 Ahmad Nami
(1873–1962)		 27 April 1926 9 February 1928 1 year, 288 days Independent
—
6 Taj al-Din al-Hasani
(1885–1943)		 15 April 1928 14 May 1930 2 years, 29 days Independent
—

Syrian Republic, part of the French Mandate (1930–1945)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Note(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
6 Taj al-Din al-Hasani
(1885–1943)		 14 May 1930 19 November 1931 1 year, 189 days Independent
—
7 Haqqi al-Azm
(1864–1955)		 7 June 1932 16 March 1934 1 year, 282 days Independent
—
8 Taj al-Din al-Hasani
(1885–1943)		 16 March 1934 22 February 1936 1 year, 343 days Independent
—
9 Ata al-Ayyubi
(1877–1951)		 22 February 1936 21 December 1936 303 days Independent
—
10 Jamil Mardam Bey
(1894–1960)		 21 December 1936 18 February 1939 2 years, 59 days National Bloc
—
11 Lutfi al-Haffar
(1885–1968)		 23 February 1939 13 March 1939 18 days National Bloc
—
12 Nasuhi al-Bukhari
(1881–1961)		 6 April 1939 9 July 1939 94 days Independent
—
13 Khalid al-Azm
(1903–1965)		 4 April 1941 21 September 1941 170 days Independent
—
14 Hassan al-Hakim
(1886–1982)		 21 September 1941 19 April 1942 210 days Independent
—
15 Husni al-Barazi
(1895–1975)		 19 April 1942 10 January 1943 266 days Independent
—
16 Jamil al-Ulshi
(1883–1951)		 10 January 1943 25 March 1943 74 days Independent
—
17 Ata al-Ayyubi
(1877–1951)		 25 March 1943 17 August 1943 145 days Independent
—
18 Saadallah al-Jabiri
(1891–1948)		 19 August 1943 14 October 1944 56 days National Bloc
—
19 Fares al-Khoury
(1877–1962)		 14 October 1944 1 October 1945 352 days National Bloc
—
20 Saadallah al-Jabiri
(1891–1948)		 1 October 1945 24 October 1945 23 days National Bloc
—

Syrian Republic (1945–1958)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Note(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
20 Saadallah al-Jabiri
(1891–1948)		 24 October 1945 16 December 1946 1 year, 53 days National Bloc
—
— Khalid al-Azm
(1903–1965)		 16 December 1946 29 December 1946 13 days Independent
—
21 Jamil Mardam Bey
(1894–1960)		 29 December 1946 17 December 1948 1 year, 354 days National Bloc
—
22 Khalid al-Azm
(1903–1965)		 17 December 1948 30 March 1949 103 days Independent
—
23 Husni al-Za'im
(1897–1949)		 17 April 1949 26 June 1949 70 days Syrian Social Nationalist Party
—
24 Muhsin al-Barazi
(1904–1949)		 26 June 1949 14 August 1949 49 days Independent
—
25 Hashim al-Atassi
(1875–1960)		 17 August 1949 24 December 1949 129 days National Party
—
26 Nazim al-Kudsi
(1906–1998)		 24 December 1949 27 December 1949 3 days People's Party
—
27 Khalid al-Azm
(1903–1965)		 27 December 1949 4 June 1950 159 days Independent
—
28 Nazim al-Kudsi
(1906–1998)		 4 June 1950 27 March 1951 296 days People's Party
—
29 Khalid al-Azm
(1903–1965)		 27 March 1951 9 August 1951 135 days Independent
—
30 Hassan al-Hakim
(1886–1982)		 9 August 1951 13 November 1951 96 days Independent
—
— Zaki al-Khatib
(1887–1961)		 13 November 1951 28 November 1951 15 days People's Party
—
31 Maarouf al-Dawalibi
(1909–2004)		 28 November 1951 29 November 1951 1 day People's Party
—
32 Fawzi Selu
(1905–1972)		 3 December 1951 19 July 1953 1 year, 228 days Military Selu had no power, real power laid in the hands of Adib Shishakli.[1]
33 Adib Shishakli
(1909–1964)		 19 July 1953 25 February 1954 221 days Arab Liberation Movement Shishakli resigned from office because of threats of a coup in 1954.[2] He fled the country, claiming that he did not want the country to fall into a civil war.[2]
34 Sabri al-Asali
(1903–1976)		 1 March 1954 19 June 1954 110 days National Party
—
35 Said al-Ghazzi
(1893–1967)		 19 June 1954 3 November 1954 137 days Independent
—
36 Fares al-Khoury
(1877–1962)		 3 November 1954 13 February 1955 102 days People's Party
—
37 Sabri al-Asali
(1903–1976)		 13 February 1955 13 September 1955 212 days National Party
—
38 Said al-Ghazzi
(1893–1967)		 13 September 1955 14 June 1956 275 days Independent
—
39 Sabri al-Asali
(1903–1976)		 14 June 1956 22 February 1958 1 year, 253 days National Party
—

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Note(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
40 Nur al-Din Kahala
(1908–1965)		 7 October 1958 20 September 1960 1 year, 349 days National Union
—
41 Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj
(1925–2013)		 20 September 1960 16 August 1961 7 years, 300 days National Union
—

Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Note(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
42 Maamun al-Kuzbari
(1914–1998)		 29 September 1961 20 November 1961 52 days Independent Kuzbari took office following the 1961 coup d'état, which dissolved the United Arab Republic.
43 Izzat al-Nuss
(1912–1976)[3]		 20 November 1961 14 December 1961 24 days Military
—
44 Maarouf al-Dawalibi
(1909–2004)		 22 December 1961 28 March 1962 96 days People's Party
—
45 Bashir al-Azma
(1910–1992)		 16 April 1962 14 September 1962 151 days Independent
—
46 Khalid al-Azm
(1903–1965)		 17 September 1962 9 March 1963 173 days Independent The 1963 coup d'état, an event known as the 8th of March Revolution, toppled Khalid al-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.[4]
47 Salah al-Din al-Bitar
(1912–1980)		 9 March 1963 11 May 1963 63 days Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
— Sami al-Jundi
(1921–1996)		 11 May 1963 13 May 1963 2 days Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
(47) Salah al-Din al-Bitar
(1912–1980)		 13 May 1963 11 November 1963 182 days Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
48 Amin al-Hafiz
(1921–2009)		 12 November 1963 13 May 1964 183 days Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
49 Salah al-Din al-Bitar
(1912–1980)		 14 May 1964 3 October 1964 142 days Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
50 Amin al-Hafiz
(1921–2009)		 4 October 1964 22 September 1965 353 days Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
51 Yusuf Zuayyin
(1931–2016)		 22 September 1965 21 December 1965 90 days Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
52 Salah al-Din al-Bitar
(1912–1980)		 1 January 1966 23 February 1966 53 days Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)		 Salah al-Din al-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.[5]
53 Yusuf Zuayyin
(1931–2016)		 1 March 1966 29 October 1968 2 years, 242 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
54 Nureddin al-Atassi
(1929–1992)		 29 October 1968 18 November 1970 2 years, 20 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)		 Nureddin al-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.[6] Assad initiated the Corrective Movement in 1970.[7]
55 Hafez al-Assad
(1930–2000)		 21 November 1970 3 April 1971 133 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
56 Abdul Rahman Khleifawi
(1930–2009)		 3 April 1971 21 December 1972 1 year, 262 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
57 Mahmoud al-Ayyubi
(1932–2013)		 21 December 1972 7 August 1976 3 years, 230 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
58 Abdul Rahman Khleifawi
(1930–2009)		 7 August 1976 27 March 1978 1 year, 232 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
59 Muhammad Ali al-Halabi
(1937–2016)		 27 March 1978 9 January 1980 1 year, 288 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
60 Abdul Rauf al-Kasm
(1932–)		 9 January 1980 1 November 1987 7 years, 296 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
61 Mahmoud Zuabi
(1935–2000)		 1 November 1987 13 March 2000 12 years, 133 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
62 Muhammad Mustafa Mero
(1941–2020)		 13 March 2000 10 September 2003 3 years, 181 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
63 Muhammad Naji al-Otari
(1944–)		 10 September 2003 14 April 2011 7 years, 216 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
64 Adel Safar
(1953–)		 14 April 2011 23 June 2012 1 year, 70 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
65 Riyad Farid Hijab
(1966–)		 23 June 2012 6 August 2012 44 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
— Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji
(1954–)		 6 August 2012 9 August 2012 3 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
66 Wael Nader al-Halqi
(1964–)		 9 August 2012 3 July 2016 3 years, 329 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
67 Imad Khamis
(1961–)		 3 July 2016 11 June 2020 3 years, 344 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—
68 Hussein Arnous
(1953–)		 11 June 2020 Incumbent 237 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
—

See also

References
General
  1. Moubayed 2006, p. 85.
  2. Moubayed 2006, p. 339.
  3. "Who's who in the Arab World". 1974.
  4. Moubayed 2006, p. 133.
  5. Seale 1990, pp. 99–101.
  6. Seale 1990, pp. 142–144.
  7. Seale 1990, pp. 162–163.
Bibliography
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