List of Prime Ministers of Syria

Prime Minister of the Syrian Arab Republic
Coat of arms of Syria
Incumbent Adel Safar since 14 April 2011
Appointer	Bashar al-Assad as President of Syria
Inaugural holder	Saadallah al-Jabiri
Formation	17 April 1946

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This is a list of Prime Ministers of Syria since 1920.

List of Prime Ministers of Syria (1920–Present)

#	Portrait	Name (Born-Died) (Term)	Term of Office		Party
Prime Ministers of the Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920)
1		Rida Pasha al-Rikabi (1864–1943)	March 1920	May 1920	Independent
—		Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960) (1st Term, Acting)	May 1920	28 July 1920	Independent
2		Alaa al-Din al-Durubi Basha (?–1920)	28 July 1920	21 August 1920	Independent
3		Jamil al-Ulshi (1883–1951) (1st Term)	6 September 1920	30 November 1920	Independent
Prime Ministers of the French Mandate of Syria (1920–1946)
4		Subhi Bay Barakat al-Khalidi (1883–1939)	26 January 1925	21 December 1925	Independent
—		Taj al-Din al-Hasani (1885–1943) (1st Term, Acting)	29 December 1925	6 January 1926	Independent
5		Damad-i Shariyari Ahmad Nami Bay (1878–1962)	27 April 1926	9 February 1928	Independent
6		Taj al-Din al-Hasani (1885–1943) (2nd Term)	15 April 1928	19 November 1931	Independent
7		Haqqi al-Azm (1864–1955)	7 June 1932	16 March 1934	Independent
8		Taj al-Din al-Hasani (1885–1943) (3rd Term)	16 March 1934	22 February 1936	Independent
9		Ata al-Ayyubi (1877–1951) (1st Term)	22 February 1936	21 December 1936	Independent
10		Jamil Mardam Bey (1894–1960) (1st Term)	21 December 1936	18 February 1939	National Bloc
11		Lutfi al-Haffar (1885–1968)	23 February 1939	13 March 1939	National Bloc
12		Nasuhi al-Bukhari (?–1961)	6 April 1939	9 July 1939	Independent
13		Khalid al-Azm (1903–1965) (1st Term)	4 April 1941	21 September 1941	Independent
14		Hassan al-Hakim (1886–1988) (1st Term)	21 September 1941	19 April 1942	Independent
15		Husni al-Barazi (1895–1975)	19 April 1942	10 January 1943	Independent
16		Jamil al-Ulshi (1883–1951) (2nd Term)	10 January 1943	25 March 1943	Independent
17		Ata al-Ayyubi (1877–1951) (2nd Term)	25 March 1943	17 August 1943	Independent
18		Saadallah al-Jabiri (1891–1948) (1st Term)	19 August 1943	14 October 1944	National Bloc
19		Faris al-Khoury (1877–1962) (1st Term)	14 October 1944	1 October 1945	National Bloc
20		Saadallah al-Jabiri (1891–1948) (2nd Term)	1 October 1945	17 April 1946	National Bloc
Prime Ministers of the Syrian Republic (1946–1958)
20		Saadallah al-Jabiri (1891–1948) (2nd Term)	17 April 1946	16 December 1946	National Bloc
—		Khalid al-Azm (1903–1965) (2nd Term, Acting)	16 December 1946	29 December 1946	Independent
21		Jamil Mardam Bey (1894–1960) (2nd Term)	29 December 1946	17 December 1948	National Bloc
22		Khalid al-Azm (1903–1965) (3rd Term)	17 December 1948	30 March 1949	Independent
23		Husni al-Za'im (1897–1949)	17 April 1949	26 June 1949	Military / Syrian Social Nationalist Party
24		Muhsin al-Barazi (1904–1949)	26 June 1949	14 August 1949	Independent
25		Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960) (2nd Term)	17 August 1949	24 December 1949	National Party
26		Nazim al-Kudsi (1906–1998) (1st Term)	24 December 1949	27 December 1949	People's Party
27		Khalid al-Azm (1903–1965) (4th Term)	27 December 1949	4 June 1950	Independent
28		Nazim al-Kudsi (1906–1998) (2nd Term)	4 June 1950	27 March 1951	People's Party
29		Khalid al-Azm (1903–1965) (5th Term)	27 March 1951	9 August 1951	Independent
30		Hassan al-Hakim (1886–1988) (2nd Term)	9 August 1951	13 November 1951	Independent
—		Zaki al-Khatib (1887–1961) (Acting)	13 November 1951	28 November 1951	People's Party
31		Maarouf al-Dawalibi (1909–2004) (1st Term)	28 November 1951	29 November 1951	People's Party
32		Fawzi Selu (1905–1972)	3 December 1951	19 July 1953	Military
33		Adib Shishakli (1909–1964)	19 July 1953	1 March 1954	Military / Arab Liberation Movement
34		Sabri al-Asali (1903–1976) (1st Term)	1 March 1954	19 June 1954	National Party
35		Said al-Ghazzi (1893–1967) (1st Term)	19 June 1954	3 November 1954	Independent
36		Faris al-Khoury (1877–1962) (2nd Term)	3 November 1954	13 February 1955	People's Party
37		Sabri al-Asali (1903–1976) (2nd Term)	13 February 1955	13 September 1955	National Party
38		Said al-Ghazzi (1893–1967) (1st Term)	13 September 1955	14 June 1956	Independent
39		Sabri al-Asali (1903–1976) (3rd Term)	14 June 1956	6 March 1958	National Party
Chairmen of the Executive Council of Northern Region (Syria) of the United Arab Republic (1958–1961)
40		Nureddin Kuhala (1910–?)	7 October 1958	20 September 1960	National Union
41		Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj (b. 1925)	20 September 1960	16 August 1961	National Union
Prime Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic (1961–Present)
42		Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914–1998)	29 September 1961	20 November 1961	Independent
43		Izzat an-Nuss (1900–1972)	20 November 1961	14 December 1961	Military
44		Maarouf al-Dawalibi (1909–2004) (2nd Term)	22 December 1961	28 March 1962	People's Party
45		Bashir al-Azma (1910–1992)	16 April 1962	14 September 1962	Independent
46		Khalid al-Azm (1903–1965) (6th Term)	17 September 1962	9 March 1963	Independent
47		Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912–1980) (1st Term)	9 March 1963	12 November 1963	Ba'ath Party
48		Amin al-Hafiz (1921–2009) (1st Term)	12 November 1963	13 May 1964	Military / Ba'ath Party
49		Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912–1980) (2nd Term)	13 May 1964	3 October 1964	Ba'ath Party
50		Amin al-Hafiz (1921–2009) (2nd Term)	4 October 1964	23 September 1965	Military / Ba'ath Party
51		Yusuf Zuaiyin (b. 1931) (1st Term)	23 September 1965	21 December 1965	Ba'ath Party
52		Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912–1980) (3rd Term)	1 January 1966	23 February 1966	Ba'ath Party
53		Yusuf Zuaiyin (b. 1931) (2nd Term)	25 February 1966	29 October 1968	Ba'ath Party
54		Nureddin al-Atassi (1930–1992)	29 October 1968	21 November 1970	Military / Ba'ath Party
55		Hafez al-Assad (1930–2000)	21 November 1970	3 April 1971	Military / Ba'ath Party
56		Abdul Rahman Kleifawi (b. 1930) (1st Term)	3 April 1971	21 December 1972	Military / Ba'ath Party
57		Mahmoud al-Ayyubi (b. 1932)	21 December 1972	7 August 1976	Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
58		Abdul Rahman Kleifawi (b. 1930) (2nd Term)	7 August 1976	27 March 1978	Military / Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
59		Muhammad Ali al-Halabi (b. 1937)	27 March 1978	9 January 1980	Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
60		Abdul Rauf al-Kasm (b. 1932)	9 January 1980	1 November 1987	Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
61		Mahmoud Zuabi (1935–2000)	1 November 1987	13 March 2000	Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
62		Muhammad Mustafa Mero (b. 1941)	13 March 2000	10 September 2003	Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
63		Muhammad Naji al-Otari (b. 1944)	10 September 2003	14 April 2011	Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
64		Adel Safar (b. 1953)	14 April 2011	Incumbent	Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front

See also

• List of heads of state of Syria
• List of Vice Presidents of Syria
• List of Presidents of Parliament of Syria
• Cabinet of Syria