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Syria: Presidents of Syria

(1922 - Present)


Syrian Arab Republic
(1961-Present)
Bashar al-Assad
July 2000 -
Abdul Halim Khaddam
June 2000 - July 2000
Hafez al-Assad
February 1971 - June 2000
Ahmad al-Khatib
November 1970 - February 1971
Nureddin al-Atassi
February 1966 - November 1970
Amin al-Hafiz
July 1963 - February 1966
Lu-ay al-Atassi
March 1963 - July 1963
Nazim al-Kudsi
December 1961 - March 1963
Izzat al-Nuss
November 1961 - December 1961
Maamun al-Kuzbari
September 1961 - November 1961

United Arab Republic
(1958-1961)
Gamal Abdel Nasser
February 1958 - September 1961

Syrian Republic
(1946-1958)
Shukri al-Quwatli
September 1955 - February 1958
Hashim al-Atassi
February 1954 - September 1955
Maamun al-Kuzbari
February 1954 - February 1954
Adib Shishakli
July 1953 - February 1954
Fawzi Selu
December 1951 - July 1953
Adib Shishakli
December 1951 - December 1951
Hashim al-Atassi
August 1949 - December 1951
Sami al-Hinnawi
August 1949 - August 1949
Husni al-Za'im
March 1949 - August 1949
Shukri al-Quwatli
April 1946 - March 1949

Syrian Republic, French Mandate
(1930-1946)
Shukri al-Quwatli
August 1943 - April 1946
Ata al-Ayyubi
March 1943 - August 1943
Jamil al-Ulshi
January 1943 - March 1943
Taj al-Din al-Hasani
September 1941 - January 1943
Khalid al-Azm
April 1941 - September 1941
Bahij al-Khatib
July 1939 - April 1941
Hashim al-Atassi
December 1936 - July 1939
Muhammad Ali al-Abid
June 1932 - December 1936
Leon Solomiac
November 1931 - June 1932
Taj al-Din al-Hasani
May 1930 - November 1931

State of Syria, French Mandate
(1922-1930)
Taj al-Din al-Hasani
February 1928 - May 1930
Ahmad Nami
April 1926 - February 1928
Francois Pierre-Alype
February 1926 - April 1926
Subhi Barakat
June 1922 - February 1926