This is a list of prime ministers of Syria from 1920 to 2025.
List of officeholders
Syria (1920–1958)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name<br />
! colspan="3" | Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Political party
! rowspan="2" | Government
! rowspan="2" | Notes
! rowspan="2" |
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! colspan="11"| Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920)
|-
| 1
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Rida Pasha al-Rikabi<br><br>
| 8 March 1920
| 3 May 1920
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
| Previously Military Governor in the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
|
|-style="background-color:#E6E6AA"
| —
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Hashim al-Atassi<br><br>
| 3 May 1920
| 26 July 1920
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| <br><br>
|
|
|-
! colspan="11"| French mandate (1920–1930)
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan="11"| State of Damascus (1920–1922), Syrian Federation (1922–1925) and State of Syria (1925–1930)
|-
| 2
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| Aladdin al-Droubi<br><br>
| 26 July 1920
| 21 August 1920
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
| colspan="11"| Vacant ( – )
|-
| 3
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Jamil al-Ulshi<br><br>
| 6 September 1920
| 30 November 1920
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-style="background-color:#E6E6AA"
| —
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Haqqi al-Azm<br><br>
| 1 December 1920
| 28 June 1922
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
| 4
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| Subhi Bey Barakat<br><br>
| 28 June 1922
| 21 December 1925
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| –
|
|
|-
| colspan="11"| Vacant ( – )
|-style="background-color:#E6E6AA"
| —
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Taj al-Din al-Hasani<br><br>
| 29 December 1925
| 6 January 1926
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| No cabinet
|
|
|-
| colspan="11"| Vacant ( – )
|-
| 5
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Ahmad Nami<br><br>
| 28 April 1926
| 9 February 1928
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| <br>––<br>
|
|
|-
| colspan="11"| Vacant ( – )
|-
| 6
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Taj al-Din al-Hasani<br><br>
| 15 April 1928
| 14 May 1930
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="11"| First Syrian Republic (1930–1950)
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan="11"| Mandatory Syrian Republic (1930–1946)
|-
| (6)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Taj al-Din al-Hasani<br><br>
| 14 May 1930
| 19 November 1931
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-style="background-color:#E6E6AA"
| —
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| Léon Solomiac<br>
| 19 November 1931
| 11 June 1932
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
| 7
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Haqqi al-Azm<br><br>
| 7 June 1932
| 16 March 1934
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
| (6)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Taj al-Din al-Hasani<br><br>
| 16 March 1934
| 22 February 1936
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
| 8
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Ata Bey al-Ayyubi<br><br>
| 22 February 1936
| 21 December 1936
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
| 9
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Jamil Mardam Bey<br><br>
| 21 December 1936
| 23 February 1939
|
! style="background:;" |
| National Bloc
|
|
|
|-
| 10
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Lutfi al-Haffar<br><br>
| 23 February 1939
| 5 April 1939
|
! style="background:;" |
| National Bloc
|
|
|
|-
| 11
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| Nasuhi al-Bukhari<br><br>
| 5 April 1939
| 8 July 1939
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| <br>
|
|
|-style="background-color:#E6E6AA"
| —
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Bahij al-Khatib<br><br>
| 8 July 1939
| 4 April 1941
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| <br>
|
|
|-
| 12
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Khalid al-Azm<br><br>
| 4 April 1941
| 21 September 1941
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| <br>
|
|
|-
| 13
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| Hassan al-Hakim<br><br>
| 21 September 1941
| 19 April 1942
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
| 14
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| Husni al-Barazi<br><br>
| 19 April 1942
| 10 January 1943
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
| (3)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Jamil al-Ulshi<br><br>
| 10 January 1943
| 25 March 1943
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
| (8)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Ata Bey al-Ayyubi<br><br>
| 25 March 1943
| 19 August 1943
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
| 15
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Saadallah al-Jabiri<br><br>
| 19 August 1943
| 14 October 1944
|
! style="background:;" |
| National Bloc
|
|
|
|-
| 16
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Fares al-Khoury<br><br>
| 14 October 1944
| 1 October 1945
|
! style="background:;" |
| National Bloc
| ––
|
|
|-
| (15)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Saadallah al-Jabiri<br><br>
| 1 October 1945
| 17 April 1946
|
! style="background:;" |
| National Bloc
|
|
|
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan="11"| Independent First Syrian Republic (1946–1950)
|-
| (15)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Saadallah al-Jabiri<br><br>
| 17 April 1946
| 16 December 1946
|
! style="background:;" |
| National Bloc
| <br><br>
|
|
|-style="background-color:#E6E6AA"
| —
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Khalid al-Azm<br><br>
| 16 December 1946
| 29 December 1946
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| <br><br>
|
|
|-
| (9)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Jamil Mardam Bey<br><br>
| 29 December 1946
| 17 December 1948
|
! style="background:;" |
| National Bloc
| –––<br><br>
|
|
|-
| (12)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Khalid al-Azm<br><br>
| 17 December 1948
| 30 March 1949
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| <br>
| Azm was overthrown in the March 1949 coup d'état.
|
|-
| 17
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Husni al-Za'im<br><br>
| 30 March 1949
| 26 June 1949
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent<br>
| <br />
|
|
|-
| 18
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Muhsin al-Barazi<br><br>
| 26 June 1949
| 14 August 1949
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
| Barazi was executed following the August 1949 coup d'état.
|
|-
| 19
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Hashim al-Atassi<br><br>
| 14 August 1949
| 24 December 1949
|
! style="background:;" |
| People's Party
| <br>
|
|
|-
| 20
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Nazim al-Qudsi<br><br>
| 24 December 1949
| 27 December 1949
|
! style="background:;" |
| People's Party
|
|
|
|-
| (12)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Khalid al-Azm<br><br>
| 27 December 1949
| 4 June 1950
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
| (20)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Nazim al-Qudsi<br><br>
| 4 June 1950
| 5 September 1950
|
! style="background:;" |
| People's Party
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="11"| Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958)
|-
| (20)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Nazim al-Qudsi<br><br>
| 5 September 1950
| 27 March 1951
|
! style="background:;" |
| People's Party
| <br><br />
|
|
|-
| (12)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Khalid al-Azm<br><br>
| 27 March 1951
| 9 August 1951
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
| (13)
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| Hassan al-Hakim<br><br>
| 9 August 1951
| 13 November 1951
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-style="background-color:#E6E6AA"
| —
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Zaki al-Khatib<br><br>
| 13 November 1951
| 28 November 1951
|
! style="background:;" |
| People's Party
|
|
|
|-
| 21
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| Maarouf al-Dawalibi<br><br>
| 28 November 1951
| 29 November 1951
|
! style="background:;" |
| People's Party
| <br>
| Dawalibi was overthrown in the 1951 coup d'état.
|
|-
| colspan="11"| Vacant ( – )
|-
| 22
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Fawzi Selu<br><br>
| 3 December 1951
| 19 July 1953
|
! style="background:;" |
| Military<br>
| <br><br>
| Selu had no power, real power was with Adib Shishakli.
|
|-
| colspan="11"| Position abolished ( – )
|-
| 23
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Sabri al-Asali<br><br>
| 1 March 1954
| 19 June 1954
|
! style="background:;" |
| National Party
|
|
|
|-
| 24
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Said al-Ghazzi<br><br>
| 19 June 1954
| 3 November 1954
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| <br /><br>
|
|
|-
| (16)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Fares al-Khoury<br><br>
| 3 November 1954
| 13 February 1955
|
! style="background:;" |
| People's Party
|
|
|
|-
| (23)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Sabri al-Asali<br><br>
| 13 February 1955
| 13 September 1955
|
! style="background:;" |
| National Party
|
|
|
|-
| (24)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Said al-Ghazzi<br><br>
| 13 September 1955
| 14 June 1956
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
| (23)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Sabri al-Asali<br><br>
| 14 June 1956
| 1 February 1958
|
! style="background:;" |
| National Party
| –<br>
|
|-
| colspan="11"| Vacant ( – )
|}
United Arab Republic (1958–1961)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name<br />
! colspan="3" | Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Political party
! rowspan="2" | Government
! rowspan="2" |
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| colspan="11"| Position not established ( – )
|-
| 25
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Nur al-Din Kahala<br><br>
| 7 October 1958
| 20 September 1960
|
! style="background:;" |
| National Union
| –
|
|-
| 26
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj<br><br>
| 20 September 1960
| 16 August 1961
|
! style="background:;" |
| National Union
| –
|
|-
| colspan="11"| Vacant ( – )
|}
Syria (1961–2025)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name<br />
! colspan="3" | Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Political party
! rowspan="2" | Government
! rowspan="2" | Notes
! rowspan="2" |
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! colspan="11"| Syrian Arab Republic (1961–2025)
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan="11"| Second Syrian Republic (1961–1963)
|-
| 27
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Maamun al-Kuzbari<br><br>
| 29 September 1961
| 20 November 1961
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
| Kuzbari took office following the 1961 coup d'état, which dissolved the United Arab Republic and restored the Second Syrian Republic on 29 September 1961.
|
|-
| 28
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Izzat al-Nuss<br><br>
| 20 November 1961
| 14 December 1961
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| <br>
|
|
|-
| colspan="11"| Vacant ( – )
|-
| (21)
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| Maarouf al-Dawalibi<br><br>
| 22 December 1961
| 28 March 1962
|
! style="background:;" |
| People's Party
| <br>
|
|
|-
| colspan="11"| Vacant ( – )
|-
| 29
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Bashir al-Azma<br><br>
| 16 April 1962
| 17 September 1962
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
|
|
|-
| (12)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Khalid al-Azm<br><br>
| 17 September 1962
| 8 March 1963
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|
| 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.
|
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan="11"| Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024)
|-
| (12)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Khalid al-Azm<br><br>
| 8 March 1963
| 9 March 1963
|
! style="background:;" |
| 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.
|
|-
| 30
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Salah al-Din al-Bitar<br><br>
| 9 March 1963
| 11 May 1963
|
! style="background:;" |
| Ba'ath Party<br>
| al-Bitar I
|
|
|-style="background-color:#E6E6AA"
| —
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| Sami al-Jundi<br><br>
| 11 May 1963
| 13 May 1963
|
! style="background:;" |
| Ba'ath Party<br>
| No cabinet
|
|
|-
| (30)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Salah al-Din al-Bitar<br><br>
| 13 May 1963
| 11 November 1963
|
! style="background:;" |
| Ba'ath Party<br>
| al-Bitar II–III
|
|
|-
| 31
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Amin al-Hafiz<br><br>
| 12 November 1963
| 13 May 1964
|
! style="background:;" |
| Ba'ath Party<br>
| al-Hafiz I
|
|
|-
| (30)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Salah al-Din al-Bitar<br><br>
| 14 May 1964
| 3 October 1964
|
! style="background:;" |
| Ba'ath Party<br>
| al-Bitar IV
|
|
|-
| (31)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Amin al-Hafiz<br><br>
| 4 October 1964
| 22 September 1965
|
! style="background:;" |
| Ba'ath Party<br>
| al-Hafiz II
|
|
|-
| 32
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Yusuf Zuayyin<br><br>
| 22 September 1965
| 21 December 1965
|
! style="background:;" |
| Ba'ath Party<br>
| Zuayyin I<br>
|
|
|-
| colspan="11"| Vacant ( – )
|-
| (30)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Salah al-Din al-Bitar<br><br>
| 1 January 1966
| 23 February 1966
|
! style="background:;" |
| Ba'ath Party<br>
| 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.
|
|-
| colspan="11"| Vacant ( – )
|-
| (32)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Yusuf Zuayyin<br><br>
| 1 March 1966
| 29 October 1968
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| <br>
|
|
|-
| 33
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Nureddin al-Atassi<br><br>
| 29 October 1968
| 18 November 1970
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| <br>
| 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.
|
|-
| colspan="11"| Vacant ( – )
|-
| 34
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Hafez al-Assad<br><br>
| 21 November 1970
| 3 April 1971
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| al-Assad
|
|
|-
| 35
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Abdul Rahman Khleifawi<br><br>
| 3 April 1971
| 21 December 1972
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
|
|
|
|-
| 36
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Mahmoud al-Ayyubi<br><br>
| 21 December 1972
| 7 August 1976
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| <br><br />
|
|
|-
| (35)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Abdul Rahman Khleifawi<br><br>
| 7 August 1976
| 27 March 1978
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
|
|
|
|-
| 37
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Muhammad Ali al-Halabi<br><br>
| 27 March 1978
| 9 January 1980
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| <br><br />
|
|
|-
| 38
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Abdul Rauf al-Kasm<br><br>
| 9 January 1980
| 1 November 1987
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| <br><br />––
|
|
|-
| 39
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Mahmoud Al-Zoubi<br><br>
| 1 November 1987
| 7 March 2000
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| –
|
|
|-
| 40
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| Muhammad Mustafa Mero<br><br>
| 7 March 2000
| 10 September 2003
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| –II
|
|
|-
| 41
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Muhammad Naji al-Otari<br><br>
| 10 September 2003
| 14 April 2011
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| Naji al-Otari
|
|
|-
| 42
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| Adel Safar<br><br>
| 14 April 2011
| 23 June 2012
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| Safar
|
|
|-
| 43
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Riyad Farid Hijab<br><br>
| 23 June 2012
| 6 August 2012
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| Hijab
| Defected to the opposition during the civil war.
|
|-style="background-color:#E6E6AA"
| —
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| Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji<br><br>
| 6 August 2012
| 9 August 2012
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| No cabinet
|
|
|-
| 44
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Wael Nader al-Halqi<br><br>
| 9 August 2012
| 3 July 2016
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| al-Halqi I–II
|
|
|-
| 45
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Imad Khamis<br><br>
| 3 July 2016
| 11 June 2020
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| Khamis
|
|
|-
| 46
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Hussein Arnous<br><br>
| 11 June 2020
| 14 September 2024
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| Arnous I–II
|
|
|-
| 47
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| Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali<br><br>
| 14 September 2024
| 8 December 2024
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| Arnous II<br>al-Jalali
|
|
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan="11"| Transitional period (2024–2025)
|-style="background-color:#E6E6AA"
| —
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| Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali<br><br>
| 8 December 2024
| 10 December 2024
|
! style="background:;" |
| Syrian Ba'ath Party<br>
| Caretaker
| Served as caretaker until al-Bashir assumed power.
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 48
| rowspan="2" | frameless|upright=0.3
| rowspan="2" | Mohammed al-Bashir<br><br>
| rowspan="2" | 10 December 2024
| rowspan="2" | 29 March 2025
| rowspan="2" |
! style="background:;" |
| Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
| rowspan="2" | Caretaker
| rowspan="2" | Previously Prime Minister of the Syrian Salvation Government.
| rowspan="2" |
|-
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|-
| colspan="11"| Position abolished (since )
|}
Timeline
See also
- President of Syria
- List of presidents of Syria
- List of heads of state of Syria
- Vice President of Syria
- Prime Minister of Syria
- Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria
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