Council of Ministers (Syria)

Cabinet in the Constitution

With the 2012 Constitution of Ba'athist Syria suspended following the fall of the Assad regime, the new 2025 Interim Constitution establishes a presidential system in which executive power is concentrated in the hands of the president, who appoints the ministers without the position of prime minister.

Syrian transitional government

The first post-Assad government was formed following the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024. Outgoing prime minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali continued in that role as a caretaker until Mohammed al-Bashir was designated as prime minister on 10 December 2024.

On 29 March 2025, the caretaker government was replaced by the Syrian transitional government, announced by Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa at a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Damascus, in which the new ministers were sworn in and speeches delivered outlining their agendas. The cabinet of 29 March 2025 included only one woman, Hind Kabawat, and 22 men. Kabawat stated that she had unsuccessfully tried to convince the Syrian caretaker government to have more women ministers in the new government. She stated that "there is no excuse for having only one female minister."

Current cabinet

Main article: Syrian transitional government

Previous cabinets

• Second Mustafa Mero government (2001–2003)
• Muhammad Naji al-Otari government (2003–2011)
• Adel Safar government (2011–2012)
• Riyad Hijab government (2012)
• First Wael al-Halqi government (2012–2014)
• Second Wael al-Halqi government (2014–2016)
• Imad Khamis government (2016–2020)
• First Arnous government (2020–2021)
• Second Arnous government (2021–2024)
• Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali government (2024)
• Syrian caretaker government (2024–2025)

References

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