Vice President of Syria

Vice President of the Syrian Arab Republic
Vice President of the Syrian Arab Republic
نائب رئيس الجمهورية العربية السورية
	Coat of arms of Syria
	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	Interim Constitution of Syria (2025)
Inaugural holder	Maamun al-Kuzbari
Formation	25 February 1952; 73 years ago

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 Constitution of Syria states that in the case of the president's temporary disablement, the vice president may become acting president.^[1] Multiple people can hold the office of vice president at the same time. The president of Syria appoints vice presidents.^[2]

The transitional government has not selected a vice president since the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024.

Powers, selection and succession

Under the 2025 Interim Constitution of Syria:^[3]

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)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		President(s)
1		Maamun al-Kuzbari مأمون الكزبري (1914–1998)	25 February 1952	28 February 1954	2 years, 3 days		Arab Liberation Movement	Fawzi Selu
1		Maamun al-Kuzbari مأمون الكزبري (1914–1998)	25 February 1952	28 February 1954	2 years, 3 days		Arab Liberation Movement	Adib Shishakli

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		President(s)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		President(s)
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)^[4]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		President(s)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		President(s)
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
5		Muhammad Umran محمد عمران (1922–1972)	8 March 1963	15 December 1964	1 year, 282 days		Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	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 (born 1937)	11 March 1984	8 February 1998	13 years, 334 days		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	Hafez al-Assad
		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^[5]	21 years, 347 days		Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	Hafez al-Assad Bashar al-Assad
10		Farouk al-Sharaa فاروق الشرع (born 1938)	21 February 2006	19 July 2014^[6]	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)

Timeline

References

^ Collelo, Thomas (1988). Syria: A Country Study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. p. 223.
^ "Constitutional history of Syria". constitutionniet.org. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "Constitutional Declaration of the Syrian Arab Republic" (PDF). 13 March 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
^ 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.

[google-1] Collelo, Thomas (1988). Syria: A Country Study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. p. 223.

[president-2] "Constitutional history of Syria". constitutionniet.org. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

[newinterimconstition-3] "Constitutional Declaration of the Syrian Arab Republic" (PDF). 13 March 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.

[4] Commins, David; Lesch, David W. (5 December 2013). Historical Dictionary of Syria. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810879669.

[histdict-5] Commins, David Dean; Lesch, David W. (2014). Historical dictionary of Syria (Third ed.). Lanham (Md.): The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7966-9.

[6] "Syria's Assad reappoints woman VP but mum on Sharaa". 20 July 2014.

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