No.
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Portrait
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Name (Birth–Death)
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Elected
|
Term of office
|
Political party
|
Note(s)
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
Time in office
|
Syrian Federation (under French mandate; 1922–1925)
|
1
|
|
Subhi Bey Barakat صبحي بك بركات (1889–1939)
|
—
|
29 June 1922[1]
|
1 January 1925
|
2 years, 185 days
|
Independent
|
|
State of Syria (under French mandate; 1925–1930)
|
(1)
|
|
Subhi Bey Barakat صبحي بك بركات (1889–1939)
|
—
|
1 January 1925
|
21 December 1925
|
354 days
|
Independent
|
|
—
|
|
François Pierre-Alype فرانسوا بيير أليب (1886–1956)
|
—
|
9 February 1926
|
28 April 1926
|
78 days
|
Independent
|
|
2
|
|
Ahmad Nami أحمد نامي (1873–1962)
|
—
|
28 April 1926
|
15 February 1928
|
1 year, 293 days
|
Independent
|
|
—
|
|
Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943)
|
—
|
15 February 1928
|
14 May 1930
|
2 years, 88 days
|
Independent
|
|
First Syrian Republic (1930–1950)
|
Mandatory Syrian Republic (1930–1946)
|
—
|
|
Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943)
|
—
|
14 May 1930
|
19 November 1931
|
1 year, 189 days
|
Independent
|
|
—
|
|
Léon Solomiac ليون سولومياك (1873–1960)
|
—
|
19 November 1931
|
11 June 1932
|
205 days
|
Independent
|
|
3
|
|
Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid محمد علي بك العابد (1867–1939)
|
—
|
11 June 1932
|
21 December 1936
|
4 years, 193 days
|
Independent
|
|
4
|
|
Hashim al-Atassi هاشم الأتاسي (1875–1960)
|
—
|
21 December 1936
|
7 July 1939
|
2 years, 198 days
|
National Bloc
|
|
|
5
|
|
Bahij al-Khatib بهيج الخطيب (1895–1981)
|
—
|
10 July 1939
|
4 April 1941
|
1 year, 268 days
|
Independent
|
|
—
|
|
Khalid al-Azm خالد العظم (1903–1965)
|
—
|
4 April 1941
|
16 September 1941
|
165 days
|
Independent
|
|
6
|
|
Taj al-Din al-Hasani تاج الدين الحسني (1885–1943)
|
—
|
16 September 1941
|
17 January 1943
|
1 year, 123 days
|
Independent
|
Hasani died in office.
|
—
|
|
Jamil al-Ulshi جميل الألشي (1883–1951)
|
—
|
17 January 1943
|
25 March 1943
|
67 days
|
Independent
|
|
7
|
|
Ata Bey al-Ayyubi عطا الأيوبي (1877–1951)
|
—
|
25 March 1943
|
17 August 1943
|
145 days
|
Independent
|
|
8
|
|
Shukri al-Quwatli شكري القوّتلي (1891–1967)
|
—
|
17 August 1943
|
17 April 1946
|
2 years, 68 days
|
National Bloc
|
|
|
Independent First Syrian Republic (1946–1950)
|
(8)
|
|
Shukri al-Quwatli شكري القوّتلي (1891–1967)
|
—
|
17 April 1946
|
29 March 1949
|
3 years, 156 days
|
National Bloc / National Party
|
|
Quwatli was ousted from power on 29 March 1949 by Husni al-Za'im, his Chief of Staff.
|
9
|
|
Husni al-Za'im حسني الزعيم (1897–1949)
|
1949
|
30 March 1949
|
14 August 1949
|
137 days
|
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
|
|
Za'im was overthrown by a military coup in 1949 led by Adib Shishakli, he was later executed on the orders of the new government.
|
10
|
|
Sami al-Hinnawi سامي الحناوي (1898–1950)
|
—
|
14 August 1949
|
15 August 1949
|
1 day
|
Military
|
|
|
11 (4)
|
|
Hashim al-Atassi هاشم الأتاسي (1875–1960)
|
—
|
15 August 1949
|
5 September 1950
|
1 year, 21 days
|
People's Party
|
|
|
Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958)
|
(11) (4)
|
|
Hashim al-Atassi هاشم الأتاسي (1875–1960)
|
—
|
5 September 1950
|
2 December 1951
|
1 year, 88 days
|
People's Party
|
|
|
—
|
|
Adib Shishakli أديب الشيشكلي (1909–1964)
|
—
|
2 December 1951
|
3 December 1951
|
1 day
|
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
|
|
|
12
|
|
Fawzi Selu فوزي سلو (1905–1972)
|
—
|
3 December 1951
|
11 July 1953
|
1 year, 220 days
|
Military
|
|
|
13
|
|
Adib Shishakli أديب الشيشكلي (1909–1964)
|
1953
|
11 July 1953
|
25 February 1954
|
229 days
|
Arab Liberation Movement
|
|
Shishakli resigned from office because of threats of a coup in 1954. He fled the country, claiming that he did not want the country to fall into a civil war.
|
—
|
|
Maamun al-Kuzbari مأمون الكزبري (1914–1998)
|
—
|
25 February 1954
|
28 February 1954
|
3 days
|
Independent
|
|
14 (4) (11)
|
|
Hashim al-Atassi هاشم الأتاسي (1875–1960)
|
—
|
28 February 1954
|
6 September 1955
|
1 year, 190 days
|
People's Party
|
|
|
15 (8)
|
|
Shukri al-Quwatli شكري القوّتلي (1891–1967)
|
—
|
6 September 1955
|
22 February 1958
|
2 years, 169 days
|
National Party
|
|
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