List of presidents of Syria


This article lists the presidents of Syria since 1920.

List of officeholders

[Syrian Federation] under the French Mandate (1922–1924)

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! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Name
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Elected
! colspan="3" scope="col" | Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Political party
! rowspan="2" width="25%" | Note
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Subhi Barakat

State of Syria">State of Syria (1925–1930)">State of Syria under the French Mandate (1925–1930)

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! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Name
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Elected
! colspan="3" scope="col" | Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Political party
! rowspan="2" width="25%" | Note
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Subhi Barakat
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | François Pierre-Alype
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Ahmad Nami
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Taj al-Din al-Hasani

Syrian Republic under the French Mandate (1930–1945)

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! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Name
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Elected
! colspan="3" scope="col" | Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Political party
! rowspan="2" width="25%" | Note
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Taj al-Din al-Hasani
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Léon Solomiac
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Muhammad Ali al-Abed
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Hashim al-Atassi
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Bahij al-Khatib
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Khalid al-Azm
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Taj al-Din al-Hasani
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Jamil al-Ulshi
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Ata al-Ayyubi
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Shukri al-Quwatli

Syrian Republic (1945–1958)

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! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Name
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Elected
! colspan="3" scope="col" | Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Political party
! rowspan="2" width="25%" | Note
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Shukri al-Quwatli
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Husni al-Za'im
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Sami al-Hinnawi
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Hashim al-Atassi
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Adib Shishakli
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Fawzi Selu
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Adib Shishakli
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Maamun al-Kuzbari
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Hashim al-Atassi
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Shukri al-Quwatli

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

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! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Name
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Elected
! colspan="3" scope="col" | Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Political party
! rowspan="2" width="25%" | Note
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Gamal Abdel Nasser
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Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | No.
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Name
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Elected
! colspan="3" scope="col" | Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Political party
! rowspan="2" width="25%" | Note
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Maamun al-Kuzbari
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Izzat al-Nuss
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Nazim al-Kudsi
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Lu'ay al-Atassi
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Amin al-Hafiz
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Nureddin al-Atassi
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Ahmad al-Khatib
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Hafez al-Assad
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Abdul Halim Khaddam
! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Bashar al-Assad

Timeline


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