List of prime ministers of Syria

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

List of officeholders

Syria (1920–1958)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Note(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920)
1		Rida Pasha al-Rikabi رضا باشا الركابي (1864–1943)	9 March 1920	3 May 1920	55 days	Independent		Previously Military Governor in the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (1 October 1918 – 14 December 1919)
—		Hashim al-Atassi هاشم الأتاسي (1875–1960)	3 May 1920	25 July 1920	83 days	Independent
2		Aladdin Al-Droubi علاء الدين الدروبي (1870–1920)	26 July 1920	21 August 1920	26 days	Independent
3		Jamil al-Ulshi جميل الألشي (1883–1951)	6 September 1920	30 November 1920	85 days	Independent
State of Syria (under French mandate; 1925–1930)
4		Subhi Bey Barakat صبحي بك بركات الخالدي (1889–1939)	26 January 1925	21 December 1925	329 days	Independent
—		Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943)	29 December 1925	6 January 1926	8 days	Independent
5		Ahmad Nami أحمد نامي (1873–1962)	27 April 1926	9 February 1928	1 year, 288 days	Independent
6		Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943)	15 April 1928	14 May 1930	2 years, 29 days	Independent
First Syrian Republic (1930–1950)
Mandatory Syrian Republic (1930–1946)
(6)		Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943)	14 May 1930	19 November 1931	1 year, 189 days	Independent
7		Haqqi al-Azm حقي العظم (1864–1955)	7 June 1932	16 March 1934	1 year, 282 days	Independent
8		Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943)	16 March 1934	22 February 1936	1 year, 343 days	Independent
9		Ata Bey al-Ayyubi عطا الأيوبي (1877–1951)	22 February 1936	21 December 1936	303 days	Independent
10		Jamil Mardam Bey جميل مردم بك (1894–1960)	21 December 1936	18 February 1939	2 years, 59 days	National Bloc
11		Lutfi al-Haffar لطفي الحفار (1885–1968)	23 February 1939	13 March 1939	18 days	National Bloc
12		Nasuhi al-Bukhari نصوحي البخاري (1881–1961)	6 April 1939	9 July 1939	94 days	Independent
13		Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965)	4 April 1941	21 September 1941	170 days	Independent
14		Hassan al-Hakim حسن الحكيم (1886–1982)	21 September 1941	19 April 1942	210 days	Independent
15		Husni al-Barazi حسني البرازي (1895–1975)	19 April 1942	10 January 1943	266 days	Independent
16		Jamil al-Ulshi جميل الألشي (1883–1951)	10 January 1943	25 March 1943	74 days	Independent
17		Ata Bey al-Ayyubi عطا الأيوبي (1877–1951)	25 March 1943	17 August 1943	145 days	Independent
18		Saadallah al-Jabiri سعد الله الجابري (1891–1948)	19 August 1943	14 October 1944	56 days	National Bloc
19		Fares al-Khoury فارس الخوري (1877–1962)	14 October 1944	1 October 1945	352 days	National Bloc
20		Saadallah al-Jabiri سعد الله الجابري (1891–1948)	1 October 1945	17 April 1946	198 days	National Bloc
Independent First Syrian Republic (1946–1950)
(20)		Saadallah al-Jabiri سعد الله الجابري (1891–1948)	17 April 1946	16 December 1946	243 days	National Bloc
—		Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965)	16 December 1946	29 December 1946	13 days	Independent
21		Jamil Mardam Bey جميل مردم بك (1894–1960)	29 December 1946	17 December 1948	1 year, 354 days	National Bloc
22		Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965)	17 December 1948	30 March 1949	103 days	Independent
23		Husni al-Za'im حسني الزعيم (1897–1949)	17 April 1949	26 June 1949	70 days	Syrian Social Nationalist Party
24		Muhsin al-Barazi محسن البرازي (1904–1949)	26 June 1949	14 August 1949	49 days	Independent
25		Hashim al-Atassi هاشم الأتاسي (1875–1960)	17 August 1949	24 December 1949	129 days	People's Party
26		Nazim al-Qudsi ناظم القدسي (1906–1998)	24 December 1949	27 December 1949	3 days	People's Party
27		Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965)	27 December 1949	4 June 1950	159 days	Independent
28		Nazim al-Qudsi ناظم القدسي (1906–1998)	4 June 1950	5 September 1950	93 days	People's Party
Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958)
(28)		Nazim al-Qudsi ناظم القدسي (1906–1998)	5 September 1950	27 March 1951	203 days	People's Party
29		Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965)	27 March 1951	9 August 1951	135 days	Independent
30		Hassan al-Hakim حسن الحكيم (1886–1982)	9 August 1951	13 November 1951	96 days	Independent
—		Zaki al-Khatib زكي الخطيب (1887–1961)	13 November 1951	28 November 1951	15 days	People's Party
31		Maarouf al-Dawalibi معروف الدواليبي (1909–2004)	28 November 1951	29 November 1951	1 day	People's Party
32		Fawzi Selu فوزي سلو (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.
33		Adib Shishakli أديب الشيشكلي (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. He fled the country, claiming that he did not want the country to fall into a civil war.
34		Sabri al-Asali صبري العسلي (1903–1976)	1 March 1954	19 June 1954	110 days	National Party
35		Said al-Ghazzi سعيد الغزي (1893–1967)	19 June 1954	3 November 1954	137 days	Independent
36		Fares al-Khoury فارس الخوري (1877–1962)	3 November 1954	13 February 1955	102 days	People's Party
37		Sabri al-Asali صبري العسلي (1903–1976)	13 February 1955	13 September 1955	212 days	National Party
38		Said al-Ghazzi سعيد الغزي (1893–1967)	13 September 1955	14 June 1956	275 days	Independent
39		Sabri al-Asali صبري العسلي (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
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
40		Nur al-Din Kahala نور الدين كحالة (1908–1965)	7 October 1958	20 September 1960	1 year, 349 days	National Union
41		Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj عبد الحميد السراج (1925–2013)	20 September 1960	16 August 1961	330 days	National Union

Syria (1961–present)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Note(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Second Syrian Republic (Syrian Arab Republic; 1961–1963)
42		Maamun al-Kuzbari مأمون الكزبري (1914–1998)	29 September 1961	20 November 1961	52 days	Independent		al-Kuzbari	Kuzbari took office following the 1961 coup d'état, which dissolved the United Arab Republic.
43		Izzat al-Nuss عزت النص (1912–1976)	20 November 1961	14 December 1961	24 days	Military		al-Nuss
44		Maarouf al-Dawalibi معروف الدواليبي (1909–2004)	22 December 1961	28 March 1962	96 days	People's Party		al-Dawalibi
45		Bashir al-Azma بشير العظَمة (1910–1992)	16 April 1962	14 September 1962	151 days	Independent		al-Azma
46		Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965)	17 September 1962	9 March 1963	173 days	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.
Ba'athist Syria (Syrian Arab Republic; 1963–2024)
47		Salah al-Din al-Bitar صلاح الدين البيطار (1912–1980)	9 March 1963	11 May 1963	63 days	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Bitar I
—		Sami al-Jundi سامي الجندي (1921–1996)	11 May 1963	13 May 1963	2 days	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Bitar I
(47)		Salah al-Din al-Bitar صلاح الدين البيطار (1912–1980)	13 May 1963	11 November 1963	182 days	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Bitar II–III
48		Amin al-Hafiz أمين الحافظ (1921–2009)	12 November 1963	13 May 1964	183 days	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Hafiz I
49		Salah al-Din al-Bitar صلاح الدين البيطار (1912–1980)	14 May 1964	3 October 1964	142 days	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Bitar IV
50		Amin al-Hafiz أمين الحافظ (1921–2009)	4 October 1964	22 September 1965	353 days	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Hafiz II
51		Yusuf Zuayyin يوسف زعيّـن (1931–2016)	22 September 1965	21 December 1965	90 days	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Zuayyin I
52		Salah al-Din al-Bitar صلاح الدين البيطار (1912–1980)	1 January 1966	23 February 1966	53 days	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		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 يوسف زعيّـن (1931–2016)	1 March 1966	29 October 1968	2 years, 242 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Zuayyin II
54		Nureddin al-Atassi نور الدين الأتاسي (1929–1992)	29 October 1968	18 November 1970	2 years, 20 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		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 حافظ الأسد (1930–2000)	21 November 1970	3 April 1971	133 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Assad
56		Abdul Rahman Khleifawi عبد الرحمن خليفاوي (1930–2009)	3 April 1971	21 December 1972	1 year, 262 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Khleifawi I
57		Mahmoud al-Ayyubi محمود الأيوبي (1932–2013)	21 December 1972	7 August 1976	3 years, 230 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Ayyubi
58		Abdul Rahman Khleifawi عبد الرحمن خليفاوي (1930–2009)	7 August 1976	27 March 1978	1 year, 232 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Khleifawi II
59		Muhammad Ali al-Halabi محمد علي الحلبي (1937–2016)	27 March 1978	9 January 1980	1 year, 288 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Halabi
60		Abdul Rauf al-Kasm عبد الرؤوف الكسم (born 1932)	9 January 1980	1 November 1987	7 years, 296 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Kasm
61		Mahmoud Al-Zoubi محمود الزعبي (1935–2000)	1 November 1987	7 March 2000	12 years, 127 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Al-Zoubi
62		Muhammad Mustafa Mero محمد مصطفى ميرو (1941–2020)	7 March 2000	10 September 2003	3 years, 187 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Mero I–II
63		Muhammad Naji al-Otari محمد ناجي عطري (born 1944)	10 September 2003	14 April 2011	7 years, 216 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Naji al-Otari
64		Adel Safar عادل سفر (born 1953)	14 April 2011	23 June 2012	1 year, 70 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Safar
65		Riyad Farid Hijab رياض فريد حجاب (born 1966)	23 June 2012	6 August 2012	44 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Hijab	Defected to the opposition during the civil war.
—		Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji عمر ابراهيم غلاونجي (born 1954)	6 August 2012	9 August 2012	3 days	Independent		Hijab
66		Wael Nader al-Halqi وائل نادر الحلقي (born 1964)	9 August 2012	3 July 2016	3 years, 329 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Halqi I–II
67		Imad Khamis عماد خميس (born 1961)	3 July 2016	11 June 2020	3 years, 344 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Khamis
68		Hussein Arnous حسين عرنوس (born 1953)	11 June 2020	14 September 2024	4 years, 95 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Arnous I–II
69		Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali محمد غازي الجلالي (born 1969)	14 September 2024	8 December 2024	85 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Jalali
Transitional period (2024–present)
—		Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali محمد غازي الجلالي (born 1969)	8 December 2024	10 December 2024	2 days	Independent		Transitional	Served as caretaker until al-Bashir assumed power.
70		Mohammed al-Bashir محمد البشير (born 1983)	10 December 2024	Incumbent	12 days	Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham		Transitional	Also Prime Minister of the Syrian Salvation Government.

Timeline

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

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