List of prime ministers of Syria

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This article lists the prime ministers of Syria since 1920.

List of officeholders[]

•   Acting
•   National Bloc
•   Syrian Social Nationalist Party
•   National Party
•   Military
•   Arab Liberation Movement
•   
•   People's Party
•   Syrian Regional Branch (Ba'ath Party / Syrian Ba'ath Party)

Kingdom of Syria (1920)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party		Notes
			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		Notes
			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		Notes
			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		Notes
			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	People's 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
			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	330 days	National Union

Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party		Government	Notes
			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)		al-Assad
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)		–II
63		Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944–)	10 September 2003	14 April 2011	7 years, 216 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Naji al-Otari
64		Adel Safar (1953–)	14 April 2011	23 June 2012	1 year, 70 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Safar
65		Riyad Farid Hijab (1966–)	23 June 2012	6 August 2012	44 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Hijab	Defected to the Syrian opposition
—		Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954–)	6 August 2012	9 August 2012	3 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Hijab
66		Wael Nader al-Halqi (1964–)	9 August 2012	3 July 2016	3 years, 329 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		al-Halqi I–II
67		Imad Khamis (1961–)	3 July 2016	11 June 2020	3 years, 344 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Khamis
68		Hussein Arnous (1953–)	11 June 2020	Incumbent	1 year, 259 days	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

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.