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.

List of officeholders

Syria (1920–1958)
 No. Portrait Name Term of office Political party Note(s) Took office Left office Time in office Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920) 1 100px Rida Pasha al-Rikabi 9 March 1920 3 May 1920  Independent Previously Military Governor in the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration  — 100px Hashim al-Atassi 3 May 1920 25 July 1920  Independent 2 100px Aladdin Al-Droubi 26 July 1920 21 August 1920  Independent 3 100px Jamil al-Ulshi 6 September 1920 30 November 1920  Independent State of Syria (under French mandate; 1925–1930) 4 100px Subhi Bey Barakat 26 January 1925 21 December 1925  Independent — 100px Taj al-Din al-Hasani 29 December 1925 6 January 1926  Independent 5 100px Ahmad Nami 27 April 1926 9 February 1928  Independent 6 100px Taj al-Din al-Hasani 15 April 1928 14 May 1930  Independent First Syrian Republic (1930–1950) Mandatory Syrian Republic (1930–1946) (6) 100px Taj al-Din al-Hasani 14 May 1930 19 November 1931  Independent 7 100px Haqqi al-Azm 7 June 1932 16 March 1934  Independent 8 100px Taj al-Din al-Hasani 16 March 1934 22 February 1936  Independent 9 100px Ata Bey al-Ayyubi 22 February 1936 21 December 1936  Independent 10 100px Jamil Mardam Bey 21 December 1936 18 February 1939  National Bloc 11 100px Lutfi al-Haffar 23 February 1939 13 March 1939  National Bloc 12 100px Nasuhi al-Bukhari 6 April 1939 9 July 1939  Independent 13 100px Khalid al-Azm 4 April 1941 21 September 1941  Independent 14 100px Hassan al-Hakim 21 September 1941 19 April 1942  Independent 15 100px Husni al-Barazi 19 April 1942 10 January 1943  Independent 16 100px Jamil al-Ulshi 10 January 1943 25 March 1943  Independent 17 100px Ata Bey al-Ayyubi 25 March 1943 17 August 1943  Independent 18 100px Saadallah al-Jabiri 19 August 1943 14 October 1944  National Bloc 19 100px Fares al-Khoury 14 October 1944 1 October 1945  National Bloc 20 100px Saadallah al-Jabiri 1 October 1945 17 April 1946  National Bloc Independent First Syrian Republic (1946–1950) (20) 100px Saadallah al-Jabiri 17 April 1946 16 December 1946  National Bloc — 100px Khalid al-Azm 16 December 1946 29 December 1946  Independent 21 100px Jamil Mardam Bey 29 December 1946 17 December 1948  National Bloc 22 100px Khalid al-Azm 17 December 1948 30 March 1949  Independent 23 100px Husni al-Za'im 17 April 1949 26 June 1949  Syrian Social Nationalist Party 24 100px Muhsin al-Barazi 26 June 1949 14 August 1949  Independent 25 100px Hashim al-Atassi 17 August 1949 24 December 1949  People's Party 26 100px Nazim al-Qudsi 24 December 1949 27 December 1949  People's Party 27 100px Khalid al-Azm 27 December 1949 4 June 1950  Independent 28 100px Nazim al-Qudsi 4 June 1950 5 September 1950  People's Party Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958) (28) 100px Nazim al-Qudsi 5 September 1950 27 March 1951  People's Party 29 100px Khalid al-Azm 27 March 1951 9 August 1951  Independent 30 100px Hassan al-Hakim 9 August 1951 13 November 1951  Independent — 100px Zaki al-Khatib 13 November 1951 28 November 1951  People's Party 31 100px Maarouf al-Dawalibi 28 November 1951 29 November 1951  People's Party 32 100px Fawzi Selu 3 December 1951 19 July 1953  Military Selu had no power, real power laid in the hands of Adib Shishakli. 33 100px 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 100px Sabri al-Asali 1 March 1954 19 June 1954  National Party 35 100px Said al-Ghazzi 19 June 1954 3 November 1954  Independent 36 100px Fares al-Khoury 3 November 1954 13 February 1955  People's Party 37 100px Sabri al-Asali 13 February 1955 13 September 1955  National Party 38 100px Said al-Ghazzi 13 September 1955 14 June 1956  Independent 39 100px Sabri al-Asali 14 June 1956 22 February 1958  National Party

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)
 No. Portrait Name Term of office Political party Took office Left office Time in office 40 100px Nur al-Din Kahala 7 October 1958 20 September 1960  National Union 41 100px Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj 20 September 1960 16 August 1961  National Union

Syria (1961–present)
 No. Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Note(s) Took office Left office Time in office Second Syrian Republic (Syrian Arab Republic; 1961–1963) 42  Maamun al-Kuzbari 29 September 1961 20 November 1961  Independent al-Kuzbari Kuzbari took office following the 1961 coup d'état, which dissolved the United Arab Republic. 43 100px Izzat al-Nuss 20 November 1961 14 December 1961  Military al-Nuss 44 100px Maarouf al-Dawalibi 22 December 1961 28 March 1962  People's Party al-Dawalibi 45 100px Bashir al-Azma 16 April 1962 14 September 1962  Independent al-Azma 46 100px Khalid al-Azm 17 September 1962 9 March 1963  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. Ba'athist Syria (Syrian Arab Republic; 1963–2024) 47 100px Salah al-Din al-Bitar 9 March 1963 11 May 1963  Ba'ath Party al-Bitar I — 100px Sami al-Jundi 11 May 1963 13 May 1963  Ba'ath Party al-Bitar I (47) 100px Salah al-Din al-Bitar 13 May 1963 11 November 1963  Ba'ath Party al-Bitar II–III 48 100px Amin al-Hafiz 12 November 1963 13 May 1964  Ba'ath Party al-Hafiz I 49 100px Salah al-Din al-Bitar 14 May 1964 3 October 1964  Ba'ath Party al-Bitar IV 50 100px Amin al-Hafiz 4 October 1964 22 September 1965  Ba'ath Party al-Hafiz II 51 100px Yusuf Zuayyin 22 September 1965 21 December 1965  Ba'ath Party Zuayyin I 52 100px 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 100px Yusuf Zuayyin 1 March 1966 29 October 1968  Syrian Ba'ath Party Zuayyin II 54 100px 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 100px Hafez al-Assad 21 November 1970 3 April 1971  Syrian Ba'ath Party al-Assad 56 100px Abdul Rahman Khleifawi 3 April 1971 21 December 1972  Syrian Ba'ath Party Khleifawi I 57 100px Mahmoud al-Ayyubi 21 December 1972 7 August 1976  Syrian Ba'ath Party al-Ayyubi 58 100px Abdul Rahman Khleifawi 7 August 1976 27 March 1978  Syrian Ba'ath Party Khleifawi II 59 100px Muhammad Ali al-Halabi 27 March 1978 9 January 1980  Syrian Ba'ath Party al-Halabi 60 100px Abdul Rauf al-Kasm 9 January 1980 1 November 1987  Syrian Ba'ath Party al-Kasm 61 100px Mahmoud Al-Zoubi 1 November 1987 7 March 2000  Syrian Ba'ath Party Al-Zoubi 62 100px Muhammad Mustafa Mero 7 March 2000 10 September 2003  Syrian Ba'ath Party Mero I–II 63 100px Muhammad Naji al-Otari 10 September 2003 14 April 2011  Syrian Ba'ath Party Naji al-Otari 64 100px Adel Safar 14 April 2011 23 June 2012  Syrian Ba'ath Party Safar 65 100px Riyad Farid Hijab 23 June 2012 6 August 2012  Syrian Ba'ath Party Hijab Defected to the opposition during the civil war. — 100px Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji 6 August 2012 9 August 2012  Independent Hijab 66 100px Wael Nader al-Halqi 9 August 2012 3 July 2016  Syrian Ba'ath Party al-Halqi I–II 67 100px Imad Khamis 3 July 2016 11 June 2020  Syrian Ba'ath Party Khamis 68 100px 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 Syrian Transitional Government (2024–present)70  Mohammed al-Bashir 9 December 2024 Incumbent  Independent TransitionalMember of the Syrian Salvation Government.

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Category:Prime ministers of Syria