# List of prime ministers of Syria

This is a list of prime ministers of Syria since 1920.

## List of officeholders
### Syria (1920–1958)

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Government | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party | Government | Notes | Ref. |
| Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920) |||||||||||
| 1 | | Rida Pasha al-Rikabi رضا باشا الركابي (1864–1943) | 9 March 1920 | 3 May 1920 | 55 days | | Independent | al-Rikabi II [ar] | 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 | 26 July 1920 | 84 days | | Independent | al-Atassi I [ar] al-Droubi [ar] (From 25 July 1920) | | |
| 2 | | Aladdin Al-Droubi علاء الدين الدروبي (1870–1920) | 26 July 1920 | 21 August 1920 | 26 days | | Independent | al-Droubi [ar] | | |
| Vacant (21 August 1920 – 6 September 1920) |||||||||||
| 3 | | Jamil al-Ulshi جميل الألشي (1883–1951) | 6 September 1920 | 30 November 1920 | 85 days | | Independent | al-Ulshi I [ar] | | |
| French mandate (1920–1930) |||||||||||
| State of Damascus (1920–1922), Syrian Federation (1922–1925) and State of Syria (1925–1930) |||||||||||
| — | | Haqqi al-Azm حقي العظم (1864–1955) | 1 December 1920 | 28 June 1922 | 1 year, 209 days | | Independent | Haqqi al-Azm I [ar] | | |
| 4 | | Subhi Bey Barakat صبحي بك بركات الخالدي (1889–1939) | 28 June 1922 | 21 December 1925 | 3 years, 176 days | | Independent | Barakat I [ar]–II [ar] | | |
| Vacant (21 December 1925 – 29 December 1925) |||||||||||
| — | | Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943) | 29 December 1925 | 6 January 1926 | 8 days | | Independent | No cabinet | | |
| Vacant (6 January 1926 – 27 April 1926) |||||||||||
| 5 | | Ahmad Nami أحمد نامي (1873–1962) | 27 April 1926 | 9 February 1928 | 1 year, 288 days | | Independent | Nami I [ar]–II [ar]–III [ar] | | |
| Vacant (9 February 1928 – 15 April 1928) |||||||||||
| 6 | | Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943) | 15 April 1928 | 14 May 1930 | 2 years, 29 days | | Independent | al-Hasani I [ar] | | |
| First Syrian Republic (1930–1950) |||||||||||
| Mandatory Syrian Republic (1930–1946) |||||||||||
| (6) | | Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943) | 14 May 1930 | 19 November 1931 | 1 year, 189 days | | Independent | al-Hasani I [ar] | | |
| — | | Léon Solomiac (1873–1960) | 19 November 1931 | 11 June 1932 | 205 days | | Independent | Solomiac [ar] | | |
| 7 | | Haqqi al-Azm حقي العظم (1864–1955) | 7 June 1932 | 16 March 1934 | 1 year, 282 days | | Independent | Haqqi al-Azm II [ar] | | |
| 8 | | Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943) | 16 March 1934 | 22 February 1936 | 1 year, 343 days | | Independent | al-Hasani II [ar] | | |
| 9 | | Ata Bey al-Ayyubi عطا الأيوبي (1877–1951) | 22 February 1936 | 21 December 1936 | 303 days | | Independent | al-Ayyubi I [ar] | | |
| 10 | | Jamil Mardam Bey جميل مردم بك (1894–1960) | 21 December 1936 | 23 February 1939 | 2 years, 64 days | | National Bloc | Bey I [ar] | | |
| 11 | | Lutfi al-Haffar لطفي الحفار (1885–1968) | 23 February 1939 | 5 April 1939 | 41 days | | National Bloc | al-Haffar [ar] | | |
| 12 | | Nasuhi al-Bukhari نصوحي البخاري (1881–1961) | 5 April 1939 | 8 July 1939 | 94 days | | Independent | al-Bukhari [ar] (No cabinet from 15 May 1939) | | |
| — | | Bahij al-Khatib بهيج الخطيب (1895–1981) | 8 July 1939 | 4 April 1941 | 1 year, 270 days | | Independent | al-Khatib [ar] | | |
| 13 | | Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965) | 4 April 1941 | 21 September 1941 | 170 days | | Independent | al-Azm I [ar] | | |
| 14 | | Hassan al-Hakim حسن الحكيم (1886–1982) | 21 September 1941 | 19 April 1942 | 210 days | | Independent | al-Hakim I [ar] | | |
| 15 | | Husni al-Barazi حسني البرازي (1895–1975) | 19 April 1942 | 10 January 1943 | 266 days | | Independent | al-Barazi [ar] | | |
| 16 | | Jamil al-Ulshi جميل الألشي (1883–1951) | 10 January 1943 | 25 March 1943 | 74 days | | Independent | al-Ulshi II [ar] | | |
| 17 | | Ata Bey al-Ayyubi عطا الأيوبي (1877–1951) | 25 March 1943 | 19 August 1943 | 147 days | | Independent | al-Ayyubi II [ar] | | |
| 18 | | Saadallah al-Jabiri سعد الله الجابري (1891–1948) | 19 August 1943 | 14 October 1944 | 56 days | | National Bloc | al-Jabiri I [ar] | | |
| 19 | | Fares al-Khoury فارس الخوري (1877–1962) | 14 October 1944 | 1 October 1945 | 352 days | | National Bloc | al-Khoury I [ar]–II [ar]–III [ar] | | |
| 20 | | Saadallah al-Jabiri سعد الله الجابري (1891–1948) | 1 October 1945 | 17 April 1946 | 198 days | | National Bloc | al-Jabiri II [ar] | | |
| Independent First Syrian Republic (1946–1950) |||||||||||
| (20) | | Saadallah al-Jabiri سعد الله الجابري (1891–1948) | 17 April 1946 | 16 December 1946 | 243 days | | National Bloc | al-Jabiri III [ar] | | |
| — | | Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965) | 16 December 1946 | 29 December 1946 | 13 days | | Independent | al-Jabiri III [ar] (No cabinet from 27 December 1946) | | |
| 21 | | Jamil Mardam Bey جميل مردم بك (1894–1960) | 29 December 1946 | 17 December 1948 | 1 year, 354 days | | National Bloc | Bey II [ar]–III [ar]–III [ar]–IV [ar] | | |
| 22 | | Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965) | 17 December 1948 | 30 March 1949 | 103 days | | Independent | al-Azm II [ar] | | |
| Vacant (30 March 1949 – 17 April 1949) |||||||||||
| 23 | | Husni al-Za'im حسني الزعيم (1897–1949) | 17 April 1949 | 26 June 1949 | 70 days | | Independent (SSNP–affiliated) | al-Za'im [ar] | | |
| 24 | | Muhsin al-Barazi محسن البرازي (1904–1949) | 26 June 1949 | 14 August 1949 | 49 days | | Independent | al-Barazi [ar] | | |
| 25 | | Hashim al-Atassi هاشم الأتاسي (1875–1960) | 14 August 1949 | 24 December 1949 | 132 days | | People's Party | (No cabinet until 17 December 1949) al-Atassi II [ar] | | |
| 26 | | Nazim al-Qudsi ناظم القدسي (1906–1998) | 24 December 1949 | 27 December 1949 | 3 days | | People's Party | al-Qudsi I [ar] | | |
| 27 | | Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965) | 27 December 1949 | 4 June 1950 | 159 days | | Independent | al-Azm III [ar] | | |
| 28 | | Nazim al-Qudsi ناظم القدسي (1906–1998) | 4 June 1950 | 5 September 1950 | 93 days | | People's Party | al-Qudsi II [ar] | | |
| Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958) |||||||||||
| (28) | | Nazim al-Qudsi ناظم القدسي (1906–1998) | 5 September 1950 | 27 March 1951 | 203 days | | People's Party | al-Qudsi III [ar] | | |
| 29 | | Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965) | 27 March 1951 | 9 August 1951 | 135 days | | Independent | al-Azm IV [ar] | | |
| 30 | | Hassan al-Hakim حسن الحكيم (1886–1982) | 9 August 1951 | 13 November 1951 | 96 days | | Independent | al-Hakim II [ar] | | |
| — | | Zaki al-Khatib زكي الخطيب (1887–1961) | 13 November 1951 | 28 November 1951 | 15 days | | People's Party | al-Hakim II [ar] | | |
| 31 | | Maarouf al-Dawalibi معروف الدواليبي (1909–2004) | 28 November 1951 | 29 November 1951 | 1 day | | People's Party | al-Dawalibi I [ar] (Cabinet existed until 1 December 1951) | | |
| Vacant (29 November 1951 – 3 December 1951) |||||||||||
| 32 | | Fawzi Selu فوزي سلو (1905–1972) | 3 December 1951 | 19 July 1953 | 1 year, 228 days | | Military (ALM–affiliated) | (No cabinet until 9 June 1952) Selu [ar] (No cabinet from 11 July 1953) | Selu had no power, real power was with Adib Shishakli. | |
| 33 | | Adib Shishakli أديب الشيشكلي (1909–1964) | 19 July 1953 | 1 March 1954 | 225 days | | Arab Liberation Movement | Shishakli [ar] | Shishakli resigned from office amidst the coup in 1954. He fled the country, claiming that he did not want Syria to fall into a civil war. Even after he fled he still held the office de jure until 1 March 1954. | |
| De facto vacant (25 February 1954 – 1 March 1954) |||||||||||
| 34 | | Sabri al-Asali صبري العسلي (1903–1976) | 1 March 1954 | 19 June 1954 | 110 days | | National Party | al-Asali I [ar] | | |
| 35 | | Said al-Ghazzi سعيد الغزي (1893–1967) | 19 June 1954 | 3 November 1954 | 137 days | | Independent | al-Ghazzi I [ar] | | |
| 36 | | Fares al-Khoury فارس الخوري (1877–1962) | 3 November 1954 | 13 February 1955 | 102 days | | People's Party | al-Khoury IV [ar] | | |
| 37 | | Sabri al-Asali صبري العسلي (1903–1976) | 13 February 1955 | 13 September 1955 | 212 days | | National Party | al-Asali II [ar] | | |
| 38 | | Said al-Ghazzi سعيد الغزي (1893–1967) | 13 September 1955 | 14 June 1956 | 275 days | | Independent | al-Ghazzi II [ar] | | |
| 39 | | Sabri al-Asali صبري العسلي (1903–1976) | 14 June 1956 | 1 February 1958 | 1 year, 232 days | | National Party | al-Asali III [ar]–IV [ar] (Cabinet existed until 6 March 1958) |
| Vacant (1 February 1958 – 22 February 1958) |||||||||||

### United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Government | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party | Government | Ref. |
| Office not established (22 February 1958 – 7 October 1958) ||||||||||
| 40 | | Nur al-Din Kahala نور الدين كحالة (1908–1965) | 7 October 1958 | 20 September 1960 | 1 year, 349 days | | National Union | Nasser IV [ar]–V [ar] | |
| 41 | | Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj عبد الحميد السراج (1925–2013) | 20 September 1960 | 16 August 1961 | 330 days | | National Union | Nasser V [ar]–VI [ar] | |
| Vacant (16 August 1961 – 29 September 1961) ||||||||||

### Syria (1961–present)

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Government | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party | Government | Notes | Ref. |
| Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present) |||||||||||
| Second Syrian Republic (1961–1963) |||||||||||
| 42 | | Maamun al-Kuzbari مأمون الكزبري (1914–1998) | 29 September 1961 | 20 November 1961 | 52 days | | Independent | al-Kuzbari [ar] | Kuzbari took office following the 1961 coup d'état, which dissolved the United Arab Republic. | |
| 43 | | Izzat al-Nuss عزت النص (1912–1976) | 20 November 1961 | 14 December 1961 | 24 days | | Military | al-Nuss [ar] (Cabinet existed until 22 December 1961) | | |
| Vacant (14 December 1961 – 22 December 1961) |||||||||||
| 44 | | Maarouf al-Dawalibi معروف الدواليبي (1909–2004) | 22 December 1961 | 28 March 1962 | 96 days | | People's Party | al-Dawalibi II [ar] | | |
| Vacant (28 March 1962 – 16 April 1962) |||||||||||
| 45 | | Bashir al-Azma بشير العظَمة (1910–1992) | 16 April 1962 | 17 September 1962 | 154 days | | Independent | al-Azma [ar] | | |
| 46 | | Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965) | 17 September 1962 | 8 March 1963 | 172 days | | Independent | al-Azm V [ar] | The 1963 coup d'état, an event known as the March 8 Revolution, toppled President Nazim al-Qudsi 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. | |
| Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024) |||||||||||
| (46) | | Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965) | 8 March 1963 | 9 March 1963 | 1 day | | Independent | No cabinet | Azm was the first Prime Minister of the Ba'athist regime for some hours after the fall of the Second Syrian Republic in the March 8 Revolution. | |
| 47 | | Salah al-Din al-Bitar صلاح الدين البيطار (1912–1980) | 9 March 1963 | 11 May 1963 | 63 days | | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | al-Bitar I | | |
| — | | Sami al-Jundi سامي الجندي (1921–1996) | 11 May 1963 | 13 May 1963 | 2 days | | 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 | 182 days | | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | al-Bitar II–III | | |
| 48 | | Amin al-Hafiz أمين الحافظ (1921–2009) | 12 November 1963 | 13 May 1964 | 183 days | | 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 | 142 days | | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | al-Bitar IV | | |
| 50 | | Amin al-Hafiz أمين الحافظ (1921–2009) | 4 October 1964 | 22 September 1965 | 353 days | | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | al-Hafiz II | | |
| 51 | | Yusuf Zuayyin يوسف زعيّـن (1931–2016) | 22 September 1965 | 21 December 1965 | 90 days | | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | Zuayyin I (Cabinet existed until 27 December 1965) | | |
| Vacant (21 December 1965 – 1 January 1966) |||||||||||
| 52 | | Salah al-Din al-Bitar صلاح الدين البيطار (1912–1980) | 1 January 1966 | 23 February 1966 | 53 days | | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | al-Bitar V | 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. | |
| Vacant (23 February 1966 – 1 March 1966) |||||||||||
| 53 | | Yusuf Zuayyin يوسف زعيّـن (1931–2016) | 1 March 1966 | 29 October 1968 | 2 years, 242 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | Zuayyin II [ar] | | |
| 54 | | Nureddin al-Atassi نور الدين الأتاسي (1929–1992) | 29 October 1968 | 18 November 1970 | 2 years, 20 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | al-Atassi [ar] | 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. | |
| Vacant (18 November 1970 – 21 November 1970) |||||||||||
| 55 | | Hafez al-Assad حافظ الأسد (1930–2000) | 21 November 1970 | 3 April 1971 | 133 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | al-Assad | | |
| 56 | | Abdul Rahman Khleifawi عبد الرحمن خليفاوي (1930–2009) | 3 April 1971 | 21 December 1972 | 1 year, 262 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | Khleifawi I [ar] | | |
| 57 | | Mahmoud al-Ayyubi محمود الأيوبي (1932–2013) | 21 December 1972 | 7 August 1976 | 3 years, 230 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | al-Ayyubi [ar] | | |
| 58 | | Abdul Rahman Khleifawi عبد الرحمن خليفاوي (1930–2009) | 7 August 1976 | 27 March 1978 | 1 year, 232 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | Khleifawi II [ar] | | |
| 59 | | Muhammad Ali al-Halabi محمد علي الحلبي (1937–2016) | 27 March 1978 | 9 January 1980 | 1 year, 288 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | al-Halabi [ar] | | |
| 60 | | Abdul Rauf al-Kasm عبد الرؤوف الكسم (born 1932) | 9 January 1980 | 1 November 1987 | 7 years, 296 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | al-Kasm I [ar]–II [ar]–III [ar] | | |
| 61 | | Mahmoud Al-Zoubi محمود الزعبي (1935–2000) | 1 November 1987 | 7 March 2000 | 12 years, 127 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | Al-Zoubi I [ar]–II [ar] | | |
| 62 | | Muhammad Mustafa Mero محمد مصطفى ميرو (1941–2020) | 7 March 2000 | 10 September 2003 | 3 years, 187 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | Mero I [ar]–II | | |
| 63 | | Muhammad Naji al-Otari محمد ناجي عطري (born 1944) | 10 September 2003 | 14 April 2011 | 7 years, 216 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | Naji al-Otari | | |
| 64 | | Adel Safar عادل سفر (born 1953) | 14 April 2011 | 23 June 2012 | 1 year, 70 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | Safar | | |
| 65 | | Riyad Farid Hijab رياض فريد حجاب (born 1966) | 23 June 2012 | 6 August 2012 | 44 days | | 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 | 3 days | | Independent | Hijab | | |
| 66 | | Wael Nader al-Halqi وائل نادر الحلقي (born 1964) | 9 August 2012 | 3 July 2016 | 3 years, 329 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | al-Halqi I–II | | |
| 67 | | Imad Khamis عماد خميس (born 1961) | 3 July 2016 | 11 June 2020 | 3 years, 344 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | Khamis | | |
| 68 | | Hussein Arnous حسين عرنوس (born 1953) | 11 June 2020 | 14 September 2024 | 4 years, 95 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | Arnous I–II | | |
| 69 | | Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali محمد غازي الجلالي (born 1969) | 14 September 2024 | 8 December 2024 | 85 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | Arnous II al-Jalali | | |
| Transitional period (2024–present) |||||||||||
| — | | Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali محمد غازي الجلالي (born 1969) | 8 December 2024 | 10 December 2024 | 2 days | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | Transitional | Served as caretaker until al-Bashir assumed power. | |
| 70 | | Mohammed al-Bashir محمد البشير (born 1983) | 10 December 2024 | Incumbent | 94 days | | Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham | Transitional | Previously Prime Minister of the Syrian Salvation Government. | |
| 70 | | Mohammed al-Bashir محمد البشير (born 1983) | 10 December 2024 | Incumbent | 94 days | | Independent | Transitional | Previously Prime Minister of the Syrian Salvation Government. | |