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This is a list of prime ministers of Syria from 1920 to 2025.

List of officeholders

Syria (1920–1958)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Government Notes Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920)
1 Rida pasha alrikabi.jpg 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.jpg 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 19206 September 1920)
3 Jamil al-Ulshi.jpg 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.jpg 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 barkat.jpg 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 192529 December 1925)
Taj al-Din al-Hasani (3x4 cropped).jpg Taj al-Din al-Hasani
تاج الدين الحسني
(1885–1943)
29 December 1925 6 January 1926 8 days Independent No cabinet
Vacant (6 January 192627 April 1926)
5 Ahmad nami (3x4 cropped).jpg 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 192815 April 1928)
6 Taj al-Din al-Hasani (3x4 cropped).jpg 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 (3x4 cropped).jpg 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.jpg 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 (3x4 cropped).jpg 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 al-Ayyubi (3x4 cropped).jpg Ata Bey al-Ayyubi
عطا الأيوبي
(1877–1951)
22 February 1936 21 December 1936 303 days Independent al-Ayyubi I [ar]
10 JamilMardamBeyPortrait.jpg Jamil Mardam Bey
جميل مردم بك
(1894–1960)
21 December 1936 23 February 1939 2 years, 64 days National Bloc Bey I [ar]
11 Lotfi al-Haffar.jpg Lutfi al-Haffar
لطفي الحفار
(1885–1968)
23 February 1939 5 April 1939 41 days National Bloc al-Haffar [ar]
12 Nasuhi al-Bukhari.jpeg 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.jpg 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.jpg 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.jpg Jamil al-Ulshi
جميل الألشي
(1883–1951)
10 January 1943 25 March 1943 74 days Independent al-Ulshi II [ar]
17 Ata al-Ayyubi (3x4 cropped).jpg 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.jpg Saadallah al-Jabiri
سعد الله الجابري
(1891–1948)
19 August 1943 14 October 1944 56 days National Bloc al-Jabiri I [ar]
19 Faris al-Khoury.jpg 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.jpg 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.jpg 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.jpg Khalid al-Azm
خالد العظم
(1903–1965)
16 December 1946 29 December 1946 13 days Independent al-Jabiri III [ar]
21 JamilMardamBeyPortrait.jpg 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.jpg Khalid al-Azm
خالد العظم
(1903–1965)
17 December 1948 30 March 1949 103 days Independent al-Azm II [ar] Azm was overthrown in the March 1949 coup d'état.
Vacant (30 March 194917 April 1949)
23 Husni al-Zaiim (3x4 cropped).jpg Husni al-Za'im
حسني الزعيم
(1897–1949)
17 April 1949 26 June 1949 70 days Independent
(SSNP–affiliated)
al-Za'im [ar]
24 Muhsen Barazi.jpg Muhsin al-Barazi
محسن البرازي
(1904–1949)
26 June 1949 14 August 1949 49 days Independent al-Barazi [ar] Barazi was executed following the August 1949 coup d'état.
25 Hashim Al Atassi.jpg Hashim al-Atassi
هاشم الأتاسي
(1875–1960)
14 August 1949 24 December 1949 132 days People's Party al-Atassi II [ar]
(No cabinet from 14 December 1949)
26 Nazim al-Kudsi (3x4 cropped).jpg 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.jpg Khalid al-Azm
خالد العظم
(1903–1965)
27 December 1949 4 June 1950 159 days Independent al-Azm III [ar]
28 Nazim al-Kudsi (3x4 cropped).jpg 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-Kudsi (3x4 cropped).jpg 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.jpg 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.jpg 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.jpg 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)
Dawalibi was overthrown in the 1951 coup d'état.
Vacant (29 November 19513 December 1951)
32 Fawzi Selu (3x4 cropped).jpg 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 al-Shishakli.jpg 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 19541 March 1954)
34 Sabri al-Assali.jpg 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.jpg Said al-Ghazzi
سعيد الغزي
(1893–1967)
19 June 1954 3 November 1954 137 days Independent al-Ghazzi I [ar]
36 Faris al-Khoury.jpg 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-Assali.jpg 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.jpg Said al-Ghazzi
سعيد الغزي
(1893–1967)
13 September 1955 14 June 1956 275 days Independent al-Ghazzi II [ar]
39 Sabri al-Assali.jpg 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 195822 February 1958)

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Position not established (22 February 19587 October 1958)
40 Nur al-Din Kahala (cropped).jpg 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 Abdul Hamid Sarraj.jpg 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 196129 September 1961)

Syria (1961–2025)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Government Notes Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Syrian Arab Republic (1961–2025)
Second Syrian Republic (1961–1963)
42 Maamoun Kuzbari (3x4 cropped).jpg 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 and restored the Second Syrian Republic on 29 September 1961.
43 Sy izzat al-nuss.png 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 196122 December 1961)
44 Maarouf al-Dawalibi.jpg Maarouf al-Dawalibi
معروف الدواليبي
(1909–2004)
22 December 1961 28 March 1962 96 days People's Party al-Dawalibi II [ar]
(No cabinet from 27 March 1962)
Vacant (28 March 196216 April 1962)
45 Bashir al-Azma.jpg Bashir al-Azma
بشير العظَمة
(1910–1992)
16 April 1962 17 September 1962 154 days Independent al-Azma [ar]
46 Khalid al-Azm.jpg 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.jpg 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 Bitar.jpg 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)
No cabinet
(47) Salah Bitar.jpg 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-Hafez 1965.jpg 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 Bitar.jpg 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-Hafez 1965.jpg 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.jpg 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 19651 January 1966)
52 Salah Bitar.jpg 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 19661 March 1966)
53 Yusuf Zuayyin.jpg 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]
(No cabinet from 28 October 1968)
54 Nureddin Atassi (3x4 cropped).jpg 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]
(No cabinet from 15 November 1970)
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 197021 November 1970)
55 General Hafez al-Assad (1930-2000), the new president of Syria in November 1970.png 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, 1971 (cropped).jpg 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)
Khleifawi I [ar]
(Until 23 December 1972)
al-Ayyubi [ar]
58 Abdul Rahman Khleifawi, 1971 (cropped).jpg 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 Mohammad Ali Halabi.png 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)
Khleifawi II [ar]
(Until 30 March 1978)
al-Halabi [ar]
60 Abdul Rauf al-Kasm 1981.png 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-Halabi [ar]
(Until 14 January 1980)
al-Kasm I [ar]–II [ar]–III [ar]
61 Mahmoud Al-Zoubi (cropped).jpg 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 Mohammad Naji Otri.jpg 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 Hijab, Leader of the High Negotiations Committee of the Syrian Opposition (26313563913) (cropped).jpg 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 in Tehran.jpg 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.jpg 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.jpg 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 (2024–2025)
Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali
محمد غازي الجلالي
(born 1969)
8 December 2024 10 December 2024 2 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
Caretaker Served as caretaker until al-Bashir assumed power.
70 Mohammed al-Bashir at Umayyad Mosque (cropped2).png Mohammed al-Bashir
محمد البشير
(born 1983)
10 December 2024 29 March 2025 109 days Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Caretaker Previously Prime Minister of the Syrian Salvation Government.
Independent
Position abolished (since 29 March 2025)

Timeline

Mohammed al-Bashir Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali Hussein Arnous Imad Khamis Wael Nader al-Halqi Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji Riyad Farid Hijab Adel Safar Muhammad Naji al-Otari Muhammad Mustafa Mero Mahmoud Al-Zoubi Abdul Rauf al-Kasm Muhammad Ali al-Halabi Mahmoud al-Ayyubi Abdul Rahman Khleifawi Hafez al-Assad Nureddin al-Atassi Yusuf Zuayyin Amin al-Hafiz Sami al-Jundi Salah al-Din al-Bitar Bashir al-Azma Izzat al-Nuss Maamun al-Kuzbari Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj Nur al-Din Kahala Said al-Ghazzi Sabri al-Asali Adib Shishakli Fawzi Selu Maarouf al-Dawalibi Zaki al-Khatib Nazim al-Qudsi Muhsin al-Barazi Husni al-Za'im Fares al-Khoury Saadallah al-Jabiri Husni al-Barazi Hassan al-Hakim Khalid al-Azm Bahij al-Khatib Nasuhi al-Bukhari Lutfi al-Haffar Jamil Mardam Bey Ata Bey al-Ayyubi Léon Solomiac Ahmad Nami Taj al-Din al-Hasani Subhi Bey Barakat Haqqi al-Azm Jamil al-Ulshi Aladdin Al-Droubi Hashim al-Atassi Rida Pasha al-Rikabi

See also

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