Vice President of Syria
| Vice President of the Syrian Arab Republic
نائب رئيس الجمهورية العربية السورية | |
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Incumbent Vacant since 8 December 2024 | |
| Style | Mr/Madam Vice President (informal) His/Her Excellency (diplomatic) |
| Seat | Damascus, Syria |
| Appointer | President |
| Term length | No term limits, serves at the President's pleasure |
| Constituting instrument | Constitutional Declaration (2025) |
| Inaugural holder | Maamun al-Kuzbari |
| Formation | 25 February 1952 |
The vice president of Syria (Arabic: نائب رئيس سوريا, romanized: Nayib Raʾīs Sūriyā), officially the vice president of the Syrian Arab Republic, is the second-highest political role in the Syrian government after the president. In the event that the president is removed from power, dies in office or can no longer carry out their duties, the vice president may become acting president.[1]
List of vice presidents
[change | change source]Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958)
[change | change source]| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | President(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | _portrait.png?lang=simple) |
Maamun al-Kuzbari مأمون الكزبري (1914–1998) |
25 February 1952 | 28 February 1954 | 2 years, 3 days | Arab Liberation Movement | Fawzi Selu | |
| Adib Shishakli | ||||||||
United Arab Republic (1958–1961)
[change | change source]| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | President(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 2 |  |
Sabri al-Asali صبري العسلي (1903–1976) |
7 March 1958 | 7 October 1958 | 214 days | National Party | Gamal Abdel Nasser | |
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Akram al-Hawrani أَكْرَم الْحَوْرَانِي (1912–1996) |
7 March 1958 | 19 September 1960 | 2 years, 196 days | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | |||
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Abdel Latif Boghdadi عبد اللطيف البغدادي (1917–1999) |
7 March 1958 | 29 September 1961 | 3 years, 206 days | National Union | |||
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Abdel Hakim Amer عبد الحكيم عامر (1919–1967) |
7 March 1958 | 29 September 1961 | 3 years, 206 days | National Union | |||
| 3 | .jpg?lang=simple) |
Nur al-Din Kahala نور الدين كحالة (1908–1965) |
20 September 1960 | 29 September 1961 | 1 year, 9 days | National Union | ||
| 4 |  |
Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj عبد الحميد السراج (1925–2013) |
16 August 1961 | 29 September 1961 | 44 days | National Union | ||
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Kamal el-Din Hussein كمال الدين حسين (1921–1999) |
16 August 1961 | 29 September 1961 | 44 days | National Union | |||
 |
Zakaria Mohieddin زكريا محيي الدين (1918–2012) |
16 August 1961 | 29 September 1961 | 44 days | National Union | |||
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Hussein el-Shafei حسين محمود حسن الشافعي (1918–2005) |
16 August 1961 | 29 September 1961 | 44 days | National Union | |||
Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024)
[change | change source]| No.[2] | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | President(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 5 |  |
Muhammad Umran محمد عمران (1922–1972) |
8 March 1963 | 15 December 1964 | 1 year, 282 days | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
Lu'ay al-Atassi | |
| Amin al-Hafiz | ||||||||
| 6 |  |
Nureddin al-Atassi نور الدين الأتاسي (1929–1992) |
15 December 1964 | 28 December 1965 | 1 year, 13 days | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | ||
| 7 |  |
Shibli al-Aysami شبلي العيسمي (1925–2011) |
28 December 1965 | 23 February 1966 | 57 days | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | ||
| 8 | Mahmoud al-Ayyubi محمود الأيوبي (1932–2013) |
22 February 1971 | 7 August 1976[source?] | 5 years, 5 months | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
Hafez al-Assad | ||
| 9 |  |
Rifaat al-Assad رِفْعَتُ ٱلْأَسَدِ (1937–2026) |
11 March 1984 | 8 February 1998 | 13 years, 334 days | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | ||
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Abdul Halim Khaddam عبدالحليم خدام (1932–2020) |
11 March 1984 | 6 June 2005 | 21 years, 87 days | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
Hafez al-Assad Bashar al-Assad | ||
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Zuhair Masharqa زهير مشارقة (1938–2007) |
11 March 1984 | 21 February 2006[3] | 21 years, 347 days | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | |||
| 10 |  |
Farouk al-Sharaa فاروق الشرع (born 1938) |
21 February 2006 | 19 July 2014[4] | 8 years, 148 days | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |
Bashar al-Assad | |
| 11 | Najah al-Attar نجاح العطار (born 1933) |
23 March 2006 | 8 December 2024 | 18 years, 260 days | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | |||
| 12 | .jpg?lang=simple) |
Faisal Mekdad فيصل المقداد (born 1954) |
23 September 2024 | 8 December 2024 | 76 days | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | ||
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Collelo, Thomas (1988). Syria: A Country Study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. p. 223.
- ↑ Commins, David; Lesch, David W. (5 December 2013). Historical Dictionary of Syria. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810879669.
- ↑ Commins, David Dean; Lesch, David W. (2014). Historical dictionary of Syria (Third ed.). Lanham (Md.): The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7966-9.
- ↑ "Syria's Assad reappoints woman VP but mum on Sharaa". 20 July 2014.
