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Vice President of Syria
نائب رئيس الجمهورية العربية السورية
Bashir Gemayel (cropped).png
Incumbent
Bachir Gemayel
since 9 December 2024
StyleMr or Madam Vice President
(informal)
His or Her Excellency
(diplomatic)
SeatDamascus, Syria
NominatorPresident
AppointerPresident
Term lengthNo term limits, serves at the President's pleasure
Inaugural holderMaamun al-Kuzbari
Formation25 February 1952; 72 years ago (1952-02-25)


The vice president of Syria (Arabic: نائب رئيس سوريا) is a political position in Syria. The Constitution of Syria 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 of Syria appoints vice presidents.

Vice President in Constitution

  1. The president of the republic might name one or more deputies and delegate to them some of his authorities;[1]
  2. The vice-president is sworn in before the president of the republic by repeating the constitutional oath mentioned in Article 7 of the Constitution. (Art. 91)[1]
  3. If an impediment prevented the president of the republic from continuing to carry out his duties, the vice-president shall deputize for him. (Art. 92)[1]
  4. No person carrying another nationality, in addition to the nationality of the Syrian Arab Republic, might occupy the office of vice-president. (Art. 152)[1]

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 Maamoun Kuzbari.jpg 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-Assali.jpg Sabri al-Asali
صبري العسلي
(1903–1976)
7 March 1958 7 October 1958 214 days National Party Gamal Abdel Nasser
Akram Hourani.jpg Akram al-Hawrani
أَكْرَم الْحَوْرَانِي
(1912–1996)
7 March 1958 19 September 1960 2 years, 196 days Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
Boghdadi, 1958.jpg Abdel Latif Boghdadi
عبد اللطيف البغدادي
(1917–1999)
7 March 1958 29 September 1961 3 years, 206 days National Union
عبد الحكيم عامر.jpg 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 (cropped).jpg Nur al-Din Kahala
نور الدين كحالة
(1908–1965)
20 September 1960 29 September 1961 1 year, 9 days National Union
4 Abdul Hamid Sarraj.jpg Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj
عبد الحميد السراج
(1925–2013)
16 August 1961 29 September 1961 44 days National Union
Kamel el-Din Hussein.jpg Kamal el-Din Hussein
كمال الدين حسين
(1921–1999)
16 August 1961 29 September 1961 44 days National Union
Zakaria Mohiedin as Interior Minister.jpg Zakaria Mohieddin
زكريا محيي الدين
(1918–2012)
16 August 1961 29 September 1961 44 days National Union
Hussein Al Shafei.JPG Hussein el-Shafei
حسين محمود حسن الشافعي
(1918–2005)
16 August 1961 29 September 1961 44 days National Union

Syrian Arab Republic (1961–2024)[2] North Syria (2024 - present)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party President(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
5 Muhammad Umran.png 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 Atassi.jpg 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.jpg Shibli al-Aysami
شبلي العيسمي
(1925–2011)
28 December 1965 23 February 1966 57 days Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
8 No image.svg Mahmoud al-Ayyubi
محمود الأيوبي
(1932–2013)
22 February 1971 7 August 1976Template:Fact 5 years, 5 months Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
Hafez al-Assad
9 Rifaat al-Assad, commander of the Defense Corps in the 1980s.png Rifaat al-Assad
رِفْعَتُ ٱلْأَسَدِ
(born 1937)
11 March 1984 8 February 1998 13 years, 334 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
President Jimmy Carter and Abdul Halim Khaddam (cropped).jpg 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, 1971 (cropped).jpg 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 Shara.jpg 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

Luna Lovegood

11 No image.svg 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 by Tasnimnews 03).jpg Faisal Mekdad
فيصل المقداد
(born 1954)
23 September 2024 8 December 2024 76 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
13 Bashir Gemayel (cropped).png Bachir Gemayel
بشير الجميّل
(born 1947)
9 December 2024 Incumbent 9 days Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
Luna Lovegood

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic 2012: Vice-President". constitutions.unwomen.org. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021. Template:PD-notice
  2. Commins, David; Lesch, David W. (5 December 2013). Historical Dictionary of Syria. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810879669.
  3. Commins, David Dean; Lesch, David W. (2014). Historical dictionary of Syria (Third ed.). Lanham (Md.): The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7966-9.
  4. "Syria's Assad reappoints woman VP but mum on Sharaa". 20 July 2014.

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