List of Presidents of Syria
Presidents

List of Presidents of Syria

Section Title: Presidents
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State of Syria, part of the French Mandate (1922–1930)[edit]

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Time in office	Duration	Political party	Note(s)

1	-	Subhi Barakat (1889–1939)	—	29 June 1922	20 December 1925	3 years, 173 days	Independent	—

—	-	François Pierre-Alype (1853–1932)	—	9 February 1926	28 April 1926	78 days	Independent	—

2	-	Ahmad Nami (1879–1960)	—	28 April 1926	15 February 1928	1 year, 291 days	Independent	—

—	-	Taj al-Din al-Hasani (1885–1943)	—	15 February 1928	14 May 1930	2 years, 89 days	Independent	—

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

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Time in office	Duration	Political party	Note(s)

—	-	Taj al-Din al-Hasani (1885–1943)	—	14 May 1930	19 November 1931	1 year, 187 days	Independent	—

—	-	Léon Solomiac (1873–1960)	—	19 November 1931	11 June 1932	205 days	Independent	—

3	-	Muhammad Ali al-Abid (1867–1939)	—	11 June 1932	21 December 1936	4 years, 192 days	Independent	—

4	-	Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960)	—	21 December 1936	7 July 1939	2 years, 198 days	National Bloc	—

5	-	Bahij al-Khatib (1895–1981)	—	10 July 1939	4 April 1941	1 year, 268 days	Independent	—

—	-	Khalid al-Azm (1903–1965)	—	4 April 1941	16 September 1941	165 days	Independent	—

6	-	Taj al-Din al-Hasani (1885–1943)	—	16 September 1941	17 January 1943	1 year, 122 days	Independent	Hasani died in office.

—	-	Jamil al-Ulshi (1883–1951)	—	17 January 1943	25 March 1943	67 days	Independent	—

7	-	Ata al-Ayyubi (1877–1951)	—	25 March 1943	17 August 1943	145 days	Independent	—

8	Portrait of Shukri al-Quwatli in 1943.jpeg	Shukri al-Quwatli (1891–1967)	—	17 August 1943	24 October 1945	2 years, 67 days	National Bloc	—

Syrian Republic (1945–1958)[edit]

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Time in office	Duration	Political party	Note(s)

8	Portrait of Shukri al-Quwatli in 1943.jpeg	Shukri al-Quwatli (1891–1967)	—	24 October 1945	29 March 1949	3 years, 157 days	National Bloc / National Party	Quwatli was ousted from power on 29 March 1949 by Husni al-Za'im, his Chief of Staff.

9	-	Husni al-Za'im (1897–1949)	1949	30 March 1949	14 August 1949	137 days	Syrian Social Nationalist Party	Za'im was overthrown by a military coup in 1949 led by Adib Shishakli, he was later executed on the orders of the new government.

10	-	Sami al-Hinnawi (1898–1950)	—	14 August 1949	15 August 1949	1 day	Military	—

4	-	Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960)	—	15 August 1949	2 December 1951	2 years, 108 days	National Party	—

—	-	Adib Shishakli (1909–1964)	—	2 December 1951	3 December 1951	1 day	Syrian Social Nationalist Party	—

11	-	Fawzi Selu (1905–1972)	—	3 December 1951	11 July 1953	1 year, 221 days	Military	—

12	-	Adib Shishakli (1909–1964)	1953	11 July 1953	25 February 1954	229 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.

—	-	Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914–1998)	—	25 February 1954	28 February 1954	3 days	Independent	—

4	-	Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960)	—	28 February 1954	6 September 1955	1 year, 191 days	National Party	—

8	Portrait of Shukri al-Quwatli in 1943.jpeg	Shukri al-Quwatli (1891–1967)	—	6 September 1955	22 February 1958	2 years, 168 days	National Party	—

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)[edit]

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Time in office	Duration	Political party	Note(s)

13	-	Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970)	1958	22 February 1958	29 September 1961	3 years, 220 days	National Union	—

Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)[edit]

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Time in office	Duration	Political party	Note(s)

—	-	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.

—	-	Izzat al-Nuss (1912–1976)	—	20 November 1961	14 December 1961	24 days	Military	—

14	-	Nazim al-Kudsi (1906–1998)	—	14 December 1961	8 March 1963	1 year, 82 days	People's Party	The 1963 coup d'état, an event known as the 8th of March Revolution, toppled Nazim al-Kudsi 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.

15	-	Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926–2003)	—	9 March 1963	27 July 1963	140 days	Independent	Lu'ay al-Atassi was appointed president by the NCRC because he posed no threat to the Military Committee's power. He resigned after high-ranking non-Ba'athist officers were purged.

16	-	Amin al-Hafiz (1921–2009)	—	27 July 1963	23 February 1966	2 years, 209 days	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	Amin al-Hafiz was overthrown by the Military Committee because of his support for Michel Aflaq and the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.

17	-	Nureddin al-Atassi (1929–1992)	—	25 February 1966	18 November 1970	4 years, 267 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.

—	-	Ahmad al-Khatib (1933–1982)	—	18 November 1970	22 February 1971	96 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	—

18	-	Hafez al-Assad (1930–2000)	1971 1978 1985 1991 1999	22 February 1971	10 June 2000	29 years, 202 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	Assad died in office.

—	-	Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932–)	—	10 June 2000	17 July 2000	37 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	—

19	-	Bashar al-Assad (1965–)	2000 2007 2014	17 July 2000	Incumbent	18 years, 287 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	—

Sentence(s)

Shukri al-Quwatli (1891 – 1967) was the first president of post-independence Syria.

final_sentence: Shukri al-Quwatli (1891 – 1967) was the first president of post-independence Syria.