List of Prime Ministers of Syria
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
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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)
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Adel Safar (Arabic: عادل سفر, born 1953) is a Syrian politician and academic, who served as Prime Minister of Syria from 14 April 2011 to 23 June 2012.
Adel Safar (born 1953) served as Prime Minister of Syria from 14 April 2011 to 23 June 2012.
Adel Safar (born 1953) served as Prime Minister of Syria from 14 April 2011 to 23 June 2012.
Adel Safar (born 1953) served as Prime Minister of Syria from 14 April 2011 to 23 June 2012.
Adel Safar (born 1953) served as Prime Minister of Syria from 14 April 2011 to 23 June 2012.
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