List of prime ministers of Syria

This article lists the 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		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		Independent
2		Alaa al-Din al-Durubi علاء الدين الدروبي (1870–1920)	25 July 1920	20 August 1920		Independent
3		Jamil al-Ulshi جميل الألشي (1883–1951)	6 September 1920	30 November 1920		Independent
State of Syria (1925–1930)
4		Subhi Bey Barakat صبحي بك بركات الخالدي (1889–1939)	26 January 1925	21 December 1925		Independent
—	100px	Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943)	29 December 1925	6 January 1926		Independent
5	100px	Ahmad Nami أحمد نامي (1873–1962)	27 April 1926	9 February 1928		Independent
6	100px	Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943)	15 April 1928	14 May 1930		Independent
First Syrian Republic (1930–1950)
French Mandate (until 1946)
(6)	100px	Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943)	14 May 1930	19 November 1931		Independent
7	100px	Haqqi al-Azm حقي العظم (1864–1955)	7 June 1932	16 March 1934		Independent
8	100px	Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943)	16 March 1934	22 February 1936		Independent
9		Ata Bey al-Ayyubi عطا الأيوبي (1877–1951)	22 February 1936	21 December 1936		Independent
10		Jamil Mardam Bey جميل مردم بك (1894–1960)	21 December 1936	18 February 1939		National Bloc
11	100px	Lutfi al-Haffar لطفي الحفار (1885–1968)	23 February 1939	13 March 1939		National Bloc
12	100px	Nasuhi al-Bukhari نصوحي البخاري (1881–1961)	6 April 1939	9 July 1939		Independent
13		Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965)	4 April 1941	21 September 1941		Independent
14		Hassan al-Hakim حسن الحكيم (1886–1982)	21 September 1941	19 April 1942		Independent
15	100px	Husni al-Barazi حسني البرازي (1895–1975)	19 April 1942	10 January 1943		Independent
16		Jamil al-Ulshi جميل الألشي (1883–1951)	10 January 1943	25 March 1943		Independent
17		Ata Bey al-Ayyubi عطا الأيوبي (1877–1951)	25 March 1943	17 August 1943		Independent
18		Saadallah al-Jabiri سعد الله الجابري (1891–1948)	19 August 1943	14 October 1944		National Bloc
19	100px	Fares al-Khoury فارس الخوري (1877–1962)	14 October 1944	1 October 1945		National Bloc
20		Saadallah al-Jabiri سعد الله الجابري (1891–1948)	1 October 1945	24 October 1945		National Bloc
Independent (1945–present)
(20)		Saadallah al-Jabiri سعد الله الجابري (1891–1948)	24 October 1945	16 December 1946		National Bloc
—		Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965)	16 December 1946	29 December 1946		Independent
21		Jamil Mardam Bey جميل مردم بك (1894–1960)	29 December 1946	17 December 1948		National Bloc
22		Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965)	17 December 1948	30 March 1949		Independent
23		Husni al-Za'im حسني الزعيم (1897–1949)	17 April 1949	26 June 1949		Syrian Social Nationalist Party
24		Muhsin al-Barazi محسن البرازي (1904–1949)	26 June 1949	14 August 1949		Independent
25		Hashim al-Atassi هاشم الأتاسي (1875–1960)	17 August 1949	24 December 1949		People's Party
26	100px	Nazim al-Qudsi ناظم القدسي (1906–1998)	24 December 1949	27 December 1949		People's Party
27		Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965)	27 December 1949	4 June 1950		Independent
28	100px	Nazim al-Qudsi ناظم القدسي (1906–1998)	4 June 1950	5 September 1950		People's Party
Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958)
(28)	100px	Nazim al-Qudsi ناظم القدسي (1906–1998)	5 September 1950	27 March 1951		People's Party
29		Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965)	27 March 1951	9 August 1951		Independent
30		Hassan al-Hakim حسن الحكيم (1886–1982)	9 August 1951	13 November 1951		Independent
—		Zaki al-Khatib زكي الخطيب (1887–1961)	13 November 1951	28 November 1951		People's Party
31		Maarouf al-Dawalibi معروف الدواليبي (1909–2004)	28 November 1951	29 November 1951		People's Party
32		Fawzi Selu فوزي سلو (1905–1972)	3 December 1951	19 July 1953		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		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		National Party
35		Said al-Ghazzi سعيد الغزي (1893–1967)	19 June 1954	3 November 1954		Independent
36	100px	Fares al-Khoury فارس الخوري (1877–1962)	3 November 1954	13 February 1955		People's Party
37		Sabri al-Asali صبري العسلي (1903–1976)	13 February 1955	13 September 1955		National Party
38		Said al-Ghazzi سعيد الغزي (1893–1967)	13 September 1955	14 June 1956		Independent
39		Sabri al-Asali صبري العسلي (1903–1976)	14 June 1956	22 February 1958		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	100px	Nur al-Din Kahala نور الدين كحالة (1908–1965)	7 October 1958	20 September 1960		National Union
41		Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj عبد الحميد السراج (1925–2013)	20 September 1960	16 August 1961		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
Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)
42		Maamun al-Kuzbari مأمون الكزبري (1914–1998)	29 September 1961	20 November 1961		Independent		al-Kuzbari	Kuzbari took office following the 1961 coup d'état, which dissolved the United Arab Republic.
43	100px	Izzat al-Nuss عزت النص (1912–1976)	20 November 1961	14 December 1961		Military		al-Nuss
44		Maarouf al-Dawalibi معروف الدواليبي (1909–2004)	22 December 1961	28 March 1962		People's Party		al-Dawalibi
45	100px	Bashir al-Azma بشير العظَمة (1910–1992)	16 April 1962	14 September 1962		Independent		al-Azma
46		Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965)	17 September 1962	9 March 1963		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.
47		Salah al-Din al-Bitar صلاح الدين البيطار (1912–1980)	9 March 1963	11 May 1963		Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Bitar I
—		Sami al-Jundi سامي الجندي (1921–1996)	11 May 1963	13 May 1963		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		Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Bitar II
48		Amin al-Hafiz أمين الحافظ (1921–2009)	12 November 1963	13 May 1964		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		Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Bitar III
50		Amin al-Hafiz أمين الحافظ (1921–2009)	4 October 1964	22 September 1965		Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Hafiz II
51		Yusuf Zuayyin يوسف زعيّـن (1931–2016)	22 September 1965	21 December 1965		Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Zuayyin I
52		Salah al-Din al-Bitar صلاح الدين البيطار (1912–1980)	1 January 1966	23 February 1966		Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Bitar IV	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		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Zuayyin II
54		Nureddin al-Atassi نور الدين الأتاسي (1929–1992)	29 October 1968	18 November 1970		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	100px	Hafez al-Assad حافظ الأسد (1930–2000)	21 November 1970	3 April 1971		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Assad
56	100px	Abdul Rahman Khleifawi عبد الرحمن خليفاوي (1930–2009)	3 April 1971	21 December 1972		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Khleifawi I
57		Mahmoud al-Ayyubi محمود الأيوبي (1932–2013)	21 December 1972	7 August 1976		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Ayyubi
58	100px	Abdul Rahman Khleifawi عبد الرحمن خليفاوي (1930–2009)	7 August 1976	27 March 1978		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Khleifawi II
59	100px	Muhammad Ali al-Halabi محمد علي الحلبي (1937–2016)	27 March 1978	9 January 1980		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Halabi
60	100px	Abdul Rauf al-Kasm عبد الرؤوف الكسم (born 1932)	9 January 1980	1 November 1987		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Kasm
61		Mahmoud Al-Zoubi محمود الزعبي (1935–2000)	1 November 1987	13 March 2000		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Al-Zoubi
62		Muhammad Mustafa Mero محمد مصطفى ميرو (1941–2020)	13 March 2000	10 September 2003		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		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Naji al-Otari
64		Adel Safar عادل سفر (born 1953)	14 April 2011	23 June 2012		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Safar
65	100px	Riyad Farid Hijab رياض فريد حجاب (born 1966)	23 June 2012	6 August 2012		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		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Hijab
66	100px	Wael Nader al-Halqi وائل نادر الحلقي (born 1964)	9 August 2012	3 July 2016		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Halqi I–II
67	100px	Imad Khamis عماد خميس (born 1961)	3 July 2016	11 June 2020		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Khamis
68	100px	Hussein Arnous حسين عرنوس (born 1953)	11 June 2020	Incumbent		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Arnous I–II

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

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