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Vice President of Syria
Second-highest constitutional office in Syria
Second-highest constitutional office in Syria
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Vice President of the Syrian Arab Republic |
| native_name | نائب رئيس الجمهورية العربية السورية |
| insignia | Emblem of Syria (2025–present).svg |
| insigniacaption | Coat of arms of Syria |
| insigniasize | 120px |
| incumbent | Vacant |
| incumbentsince | 8 December 2024 |
| style | Mr/Madam Vice President (informal) |
| His/Her Excellency (diplomatic) | |
| appointer | President |
| seat | Damascus, Syria |
| constituting_instrument | Constitutional Declaration (2025) |
| termlength | No term limits, serves at the President's pleasure |
| formation | |
| inaugural | Maamun al-Kuzbari |
His/Her Excellency (diplomatic) The vice president of Syria (), officially the vice president of the Syrian Arab Republic, is the second-highest political position in the Syrian government after the president. The current Constitutional Declaration states that in the case of the president's 'temporary disablement', the vice president may become acting president.
Multiple people can hold the office of vice president at the same time. The president is responsible for appointing the vice president, alongside determining their powers. Since the fall of the Assad regime, the transitional government has not yet selected a vice president as of now.
Powers, selection and succession
Under the Constitutional Declaration of the Syrian Arab Republic:
- The President of the Republic appoints one or more vice presidents,
- The President determines their powers, dismisses them, and accepts their resignations,
- If the presidency becomes vacant, the vice president assumes the President’s powers.
List of officeholders
Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958)
| No. | Portrait | Name | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | President(s) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | 1 | Arab Liberation Movement}};" | ||
| [[File:Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914-1998) portrait.png | 100px]] | Maamun al-Kuzbari | ||||||||
| مأمون الكزبري | ||||||||||
| (1914–1998) | 25 February 1952 | 28 February 1954 | Arab Liberation Movement | Fawzi Selu | ||||||
| Adib Shishakli |
United Arab Republic (1958–1961)
| No. | Portrait | Name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | President(s) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | 2 | National Party (Syria)}};" | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | National Union (United Arab Republic)}};" | National Union (United Arab Republic)}};" | 3 | National Union (United Arab Republic)}};" | 4 | National Union (United Arab Republic)}};" | National Union (United Arab Republic)}};" | National Union (United Arab Republic)}};" | National Union (United Arab Republic)}};" | |||||||||
| [[File:Sabri al-Assali.jpg | 100px]] | Sabri al-Asali | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| صبري العسلي | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1903–1976) | 7 March 1958 | 7 October 1958 | National Party | Gamal Abdel Nasser | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Akram Hourani.jpg | 100px]] | Akram al-Hawrani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| أَكْرَم الْحَوْرَانِي | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1912–1996) | 7 March 1958 | 19 September 1960 | Ba'ath Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Syria Region) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Boghdadi, 1958.jpg | 100px]] | Abdel Latif Boghdadi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| عبد اللطيف البغدادي | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1917–1999) | 7 March 1958 | 29 September 1961 | National Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:عبد الحكيم عامر.jpg | 100px]] | Abdel Hakim Amer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| عبد الحكيم عامر | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1919–1967) | 7 March 1958 | 29 September 1961 | National Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Nur al-Din Kahala (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | Nur al-Din Kahala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| نور الدين كحالة | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1908–1965) | 20 September 1960 | 29 September 1961 | National Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Abdul Hamid Sarraj.jpg | 100px]] | Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| عبد الحميد السراج | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1925–2013) | 16 August 1961 | 29 September 1961 | National Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Kamel el-Din Hussein.jpg | 100px]] | Kamal el-Din Hussein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| كمال الدين حسين | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1921–1999) | 16 August 1961 | 29 September 1961 | National Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Zakaria Mohiedin as Interior Minister.jpg | 100px]] | Zakaria Mohieddin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| زكريا محيي الدين | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1918–2012) | 16 August 1961 | 29 September 1961 | National Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Hussein Al Shafei.JPG | 100px]] | Hussein el-Shafei | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| حسين محمود حسن الشافعي | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1918–2005) | 16 August 1961 | 29 September 1961 | National Union |
Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024)
Source:
| No. | Portrait | Name | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | President(s) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | 5 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | 6 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | 7 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | 8 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | 9 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | 10 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | 11 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | 12 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | ||||||||||
| [[File:Muhammad Umran.png | 100px]] | Muhammad Umran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| محمد عمران | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1922–1972) | 8 March 1963 | 15 December 1964 | Ba'ath Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Syria Region) | Lu'ay al-Atassi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amin al-Hafiz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Nureddin Atassi.jpg | 100px]] | Nureddin al-Atassi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| نور الدين الأتاسي | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1929–1992) | 15 December 1964 | 28 December 1965 | Ba'ath Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Syria Region) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Shibli al-Aysami.jpg | 100px]] | Shibli al-Aysami | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| شبلي العيسمي | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1925–2011) | 28 December 1965 | 23 February 1966 | Ba'ath Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Syria Region) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mahmoud al-Ayyubi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| محمود الأيوبي | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1932–2013) | 22 February 1971 | 7 August 1976 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Syria Region) | Hafez al-Assad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Rifaat al-Assad, commander of the Defense Corps in the 1980s.png | 100px]] | Rifaat al-Assad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| رِفْعَتُ ٱلْأَسَدِ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1937–2026) | 11 March 1984 | 8 February 1998 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Syria Region) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:President Jimmy Carter and Abdul Halim Khaddam (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | Abdul Halim Khaddam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| عبدالحليم خدام | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1932–2020) | 11 March 1984 | 6 June 2005 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Syria Region) | Hafez al-Assad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bashar al-Assad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Zuhair Masharqa, 1971 (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | Zuhair Masharqa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| زهير مشارقة | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1938–2007) | 11 March 1984 | last1=Commins | first1=David Dean | last2=Lesch | first2=David W. | title=Historical dictionary of Syria | date=2014 | publisher=The Scarecrow Press | location=Lanham (Md.) | isbn=978-0-8108-7966-9 | edition=Third}} | Syrian Ba'ath Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Syria Region) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Farouk Shara.jpg | 100px]] | Farouk al-Sharaa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| فاروق الشرع | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1938) | 21 February 2006 | 19 July 2014 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Syria Region) | Bashar al-Assad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Najah al-Attar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| نجاح العطار | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1933) | 23 March 2006 | 8 December 2024 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Syria Region) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Faisal Mekdad by Tasnimnews 03).jpg | 100px]] | Faisal Mekdad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| فيصل المقداد | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1954) | 23 September 2024 | 8 December 2024 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Syria Region) |
Timeline
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References
References
- Collelo, Thomas. (1988). "Syria: A Country Study". Federal Research Division, Library of Congress.
- "Constitutional history of Syria".
- (13 March 2025). "Constitutional Declaration of the Syrian Arab Republic".
- (5 December 2013). "Historical Dictionary of Syria". Scarecrow Press.
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