Prime Minister of Syria

The **Prime Minister of Syria** was the head of government of the Syrian Arab Republic from 1920-2025.

The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Syria. He works with other ministers and members of the government that the new Prime Minister recommends. In 2004, Arnous was selected to serve as executive director of the General Establishment for Road Transport. He then served as governor of Deir ez-Zor and Quneitra governorates. ... Arnous served as Minister of Public Works and Housing from 2013 until 2018 and as Minister of Water Resources since 26 November 2018.

The People's Council of Syria then approve the legislative program of the new government, before the new government formally take office. There are no constitutional limits on a Prime Minister's term, and several of them served multiple non-consecutive terms.

### Syria (1920–1958)

|rowspan="2"|No.|rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2"|Name|colspan="3"|Term of office|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Political party|rowspan="2" width="40%"|Note(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||Rida Pasha al-Rikabi|9 March 1920|3 May 1920||colspan="2"|Independent|Previously Military Governor in the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration||||
|—||Hashim al-Atassi|3 May 1920|25 July 1920||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|2||Aladdin Al-Droubi|26 July 1920|21 August 1920||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|3||Jamil al-Ulshi|6 September 1920|30 November 1920||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|4||Subhi Bey Barakat|26 January 1925|21 December 1925||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|—||Taj al-Din al-Hasani|29 December 1925|6 January 1926||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|5||Ahmad Nami|27 April 1926|9 February 1928||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|6||Taj al-Din al-Hasani|15 April 1928|14 May 1930||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan="9"|Mandatory Syrian Republic (1930–1946)|||||||||||
|(6)||Taj al-Din al-Hasani|14 May 1930|19 November 1931||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|7||Haqqi al-Azm|7 June 1932|16 March 1934||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|8||Taj al-Din al-Hasani|16 March 1934|22 February 1936||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|9||Ata Bey al-Ayyubi|22 February 1936|21 December 1936||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|10||Jamil Mardam Bey|21 December 1936|18 February 1939||National Bloc||||||
|11||Lutfi al-Haffar|23 February 1939|13 March 1939||National Bloc||||||
|12||Nasuhi al-Bukhari|6 April 1939|9 July 1939||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|13||Khalid al-Azm|4 April 1941|21 September 1941||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|14||Hassan al-Hakim|21 September 1941|19 April 1942||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|15||Husni al-Barazi|19 April 1942|10 January 1943||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|16||Jamil al-Ulshi|10 January 1943|25 March 1943||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|17||Ata Bey al-Ayyubi|25 March 1943|17 August 1943||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|18||Saadallah al-Jabiri|19 August 1943|14 October 1944||National Bloc||||||
|19||Fares al-Khoury|14 October 1944|1 October 1945||National Bloc||||||
|20||Saadallah al-Jabiri|1 October 1945|17 April 1946||National Bloc||||||
|bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan="9"|Independent First Syrian Republic (1946–1950)|||||||||||
|(20)||Saadallah al-Jabiri|17 April 1946|16 December 1946||National Bloc||||||
|—||Khalid al-Azm|16 December 1946|29 December 1946||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|21||Jamil Mardam Bey|29 December 1946|17 December 1948||National Bloc||||||
|22||Khalid al-Azm|17 December 1948|30 March 1949||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|23||Husni al-Za'im|17 April 1949|26 June 1949||Syrian Social Nationalist Party||||||
|24||Muhsin al-Barazi|26 June 1949|14 August 1949||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|25||Hashim al-Atassi|17 August 1949|24 December 1949||People's Party||||||
|26||Nazim al-Qudsi|24 December 1949|27 December 1949||People's Party||||||
|27||Khalid al-Azm|27 December 1949|4 June 1950||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|28||Nazim al-Qudsi|4 June 1950|5 September 1950||People's Party||||||
|(28)||Nazim al-Qudsi|5 September 1950|27 March 1951||People's Party||||||
|29||Khalid al-Azm|27 March 1951|9 August 1951||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|30||Hassan al-Hakim|9 August 1951|13 November 1951||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|—||Zaki al-Khatib|13 November 1951|28 November 1951||People's Party||||||
|31||Maarouf al-Dawalibi|28 November 1951|29 November 1951||People's Party||||||
|32||Fawzi Selu|3 December 1951|19 July 1953||Military||||||
|Selu had no power, real power laid in the hands of Adib Shishakli.||||||||||||
|33||Adib Shishakli|19 July 1953|25 February 1954||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|1 March 1954|19 June 1954||National Party||||||
|35||Said al-Ghazzi|19 June 1954|3 November 1954||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|36||Fares al-Khoury|3 November 1954|13 February 1955||People's Party||||||
|37||Sabri al-Asali|13 February 1955|13 September 1955||National Party||||||
|38||Said al-Ghazzi|13 September 1955|14 June 1956||colspan="2"|Independent|||||
|39||Sabri al-Asali|14 June 1956|22 February 1958||National Party||||||

### United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

|rowspan="2"|No.|rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2"|Name|colspan="3"|Term of office|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Political party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|40||Nur al-Din Kahala|7 October 1958|20 September 1960||National Union||||
|41||Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj|20 September 1960|16 August 1961||National Union||||

### Syria (1961–present)

|rowspan="2"|No.|rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2"|Name|colspan="3"|Term of office|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Political party|rowspan="2"|Government|rowspan="2" width="40%"|Note(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|42||Maamun al-Kuzbari|29 September 1961|20 November 1961||colspan="2"|Independent|al-Kuzbari|Kuzbari took office following the 1961 coup d'état, which dissolved the United Arab Republic.|||||
|43||Izzat al-Nuss|20 November 1961|14 December 1961||Military||||||||
|al-Nuss||||||||||||||
|44||Maarouf al-Dawalibi|22 December 1961|28 March 1962||People's Party||||||||
|al-Dawalibi||||||||||||||
|45||Bashir al-Azma|16 April 1962|14 September 1962||colspan="2"|Independent|al-Azma||||||
|46||Khalid al-Azm|17 September 1962|9 March 1963||colspan="2"|Independent|al-Azm|The 1963 coup d'état, an event known as the 8th of March Revolution, toppled 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|9 March 1963|11 May 1963||Ba'ath Party||||||||
|al-Bitar I||||||||||||||
|—||Sami al-Jundi|11 May 1963|13 May 1963||Ba'ath Party||||||||
|al-Bitar I||||||||||||||
|(47)||Salah al-Din al-Bitar|13 May 1963|11 November 1963||Ba'ath Party||||||||
|al-Bitar II–III||||||||||||||
|48||Amin al-Hafiz|12 November 1963|13 May 1964||Ba'ath Party||||||||
|al-Hafiz I||||||||||||||
|49||Salah al-Din al-Bitar|14 May 1964|3 October 1964||Ba'ath Party||||||||
|al-Bitar IV||||||||||||||
|50||Amin al-Hafiz|4 October 1964|22 September 1965||Ba'ath Party||||||||
|al-Hafiz II||||||||||||||
|51||Yusuf Zuayyin|22 September 1965|21 December 1965||Ba'ath Party||||||||
|Zuayyin I||||||||||||||
|52||Salah al-Din al-Bitar|1 January 1966|23 February 1966||Ba'ath Party||||||||
|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.|||||||||||||
|53||Yusuf Zuayyin|1 March 1966|29 October 1968||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|Zuayyin II||||||||||||||
|54||Nureddin al-Atassi|29 October 1968|18 November 1970||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|al-Atassi|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.|||||||||||||
|55||Hafez al-Assad|21 November 1970|3 April 1971||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|al-Assad||||||||||||||
|56||Abdul Rahman Khleifawi|3 April 1971|21 December 1972||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|Khleifawi I||||||||||||||
|57||Mahmoud al-Ayyubi|21 December 1972|7 August 1976||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|al-Ayyubi||||||||||||||
|58||Abdul Rahman Khleifawi|7 August 1976|27 March 1978||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|Khleifawi II||||||||||||||
|59||Muhammad Ali al-Halabi|27 March 1978|9 January 1980||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|al-Halabi||||||||||||||
|60||Abdul Rauf al-Kasm|9 January 1980|1 November 1987||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|al-Kasm||||||||||||||
|61||Mahmoud Al-Zoubi|1 November 1987|7 March 2000||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|Al-Zoubi||||||||||||||
|62||Muhammad Mustafa Mero|7 March 2000|10 September 2003||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|Mero I–II||||||||||||||
|63||Muhammad Naji al-Otari|10 September 2003|14 April 2011||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|Naji al-Otari||||||||||||||
|64||Adel Safar|14 April 2011|23 June 2012||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|Safar||||||||||||||
|65||Riyad Farid Hijab|23 June 2012|6 August 2012||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|Hijab|Defected to the opposition during the civil war.|||||||||||||
|—||Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji|6 August 2012|9 August 2012||colspan="2"|Independent|Hijab||||||
|66||Wael Nader al-Halqi|9 August 2012|3 July 2016||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|al-Halqi I–II||||||||||||||
|67||Imad Khamis|3 July 2016|11 June 2020||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|Khamis||||||||||||||
|68||Hussein Arnous|11 June 2020|14 September 2024||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|Arnous I–II||||||||||||||
|69||Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali|14 September 2024|9 December 2024||Syrian Ba'ath Party||||||||
|al-Jalali||||||||||||||
|70||Mohammed al-Bashir|9 December 2024|Incumbent||colspan="2"|Independent|Transitional|Member of the Syrian Salvation Government.|||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Prime Minister
- **native name**: <small></small>
- **body**: Syria
- **insigniacaption**: Seal of the prime minister of Syria
- **insigniasize**: 120px
- **image**: Mohammed al-Bashir in May 2025.jpg
- **imagesize**: 180px
- **incumbent**: Mohammed al-Bashir

- **style**: Mr Prime Minister

Excellency, His Excellency

- **department**: Council_of_Ministers_(Syria), Council of Ministers of the Syria
Government of Syria, Executive branch of the Syrian Government
- **status**: Abolished
- **residence**: Government building, Damascus, Syria
- **appointer**: President
- **appointerpost**: President of Syria, President
- **reports to**: President of Syria, President
- **member of**: Cabinet of Syria, Council of Ministers
- **deputy**: Deputy Prime Minister of Syria, Deputy Prime Minister
- **termlength**: No term limits
- **salary**: 18,285 USD annually
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of Syria
- **inaugural**: Ali Rikabi (kingdom)
 Saadallah al-Jabiri (republic)