List of Prime Ministers of Syria
Prime Ministers

List of Prime Ministers of Syria

Section Title: Prime Ministers
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Kingdom of Syria (1920)[edit]

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

1	-	Rida Pasha al-Rikabi (1864–1943)	March 1920	May 1920	Independent	—

—	-	Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960)	May 1920	28 July 1920	86 days	Independent	—

2	-	Alaa al-Din al-Durubi (1870–1920)	28 July 1920	21 August 1920	24 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)[edit]

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

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 (1878–1962)	27 April 1926	9 February 1928	1 year, 286 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)[edit]

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

6	-	Taj al-Din al-Hasani (1885–1943)	14 May 1930	19 November 1931	1 year, 187 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, 340 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, 58 days	National Bloc	—

11	-	Lutfi al-Haffar (1885–1968)	23 February 1939	13 March 1939	18 days	National Bloc	—

12	Nasuhi al-Bukhari.jpeg	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	1 year, 55 days	National Bloc	—

19	-	Faris 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)[edit]

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

20	-	Saadallah al-Jabiri (1891–1948)	24 October 1945	16 December 1946	1 year, 52 days	National Bloc	—

—	-	Khalid al-Azm (1903–1965)	16 December 1946	29 December 1946	13 days	Independent	—

21	-	Jamil Mardam Bey (1894–1960)	17 December 1946	29 December 1948	2 years, 12 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, 229 days	Military	Selu had no power, real power laid in the hands of Adib Shishakli.

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. He fled the country, claiming that he did not want the country to fall into a civil war.

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	-	Faris al-Khoury (1877–1962)	3 November 1954	13 February 1955	102 day	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, 251 days	National Party	—

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)[edit]

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

40	-	Nur al-Din Kahala (1908–1965)	7 October 1958	20 September 1960	2 years, 256 days	National Union	—

41	-	Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj (1925–2013)	20 September 1960	16 August 1961	300 days	National Union	—

Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)[edit]

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

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)	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.

47	-	Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912–1980)	9 March 1963	11 November 1963	247 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.

53	-	Yusuf Zuayyin (1931–2016)	1 March 1966	29 October 1968	2 years, 241 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.

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, 261 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	—

57	-	Mahmoud al-Ayyubi (1932–)	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, 233 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	—

59	-	Muhammad Ali al-Halabi (1937–2016)	27 March 1978	9 January 1980	1 year, 286 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–)	13 March 2000	10 September 2003	3 years, 180 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	—

63	-	Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944–)	10 September 2003	14 April 2011	7 years, 217 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	—

64	-	Adel Safar (1953–)	14 April 2011	23 June 2012	1 year, 69 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, 328 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	—

67	-	Imad Khamis (1961–)	3 July 2016	Incumbent	2 years, 270 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	—

Sentence(s)

Lutfi al-Haffar of the National Bloc served as 11th Prime Minister of Syria in 1939.

final_sentence: Lutfi al-Haffar of the National Bloc served as 11th Prime Minister of Syria in 1939.