Vice President of Syria
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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 position in the Syrian government after the president. The current Constitutional Declaration states that in the case of the president's 'temporary disablement', a vice president may become the 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 position has been left vacant.
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 | 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)
| 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 | ||
| Akram al-Hawrani أَكْرَم الْحَوْرَانِي (1912–1996) | 7 March 1958 | 19 September 1960 | 2 years, 196 days | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | ||||
| Abdel Latif Boghdadi عبد اللطيف البغدادي (1917–1999) | 7 March 1958 | 29 September 1961 | 3 years, 206 days | National Union | ||||
| Abdel Hakim Amer عبد الحكيم عامر (1919–1967) | 7 March 1958 | 29 September 1961 | 3 years, 206 days | National Union | ||||
| 3 | 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Hussein el-Shafei حسين محمود حسن الشافعي (1918–2005) | 16 August 1961 | 29 September 1961 | 44 days | 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 | 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[citation needed] | 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) | |||
| 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 | |||
| Zuhair Masharqa زهير مشارقة (1938–2007) | 11 March 1984 | 21 February 2006 | 21 years, 347 days | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | ||||
| 10 | Farouk al-Sharaa فاروق الشرع (born 1938) | 21 February 2006 | 19 July 2014 | 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 | Faisal Mekdad فيصل المقداد (born 1954) | 23 September 2024 | 8 December 2024 | 76 days | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) |