Syria
Independent Republic 27.09.1941, part of the United Arab Republic (s. Egypt) 1958-1961, independent again 28.09.1961
(Presidents)
| Tadsch ad-Din al Hasani (-1943) | 18.09.1941-18.01.1943 | |
| Djamil al Ulci (acting) | 21.01.1943-07.1943 | |
| Shukri al-Quwwatli (1891-1967) | 17.07.1943-30.03.1949 | |
| Husni as-Zaim (-1949) | 25.06.1949-13.08.1949 | |
| Haschim Bey al-Atasi (1864-1960) | 14.12.1949-02.12.1951 | |
| Adib Shishaqli (1901-1964) | 02.12.1951-25.02.1954 | |
| Hashim Bey al-Atasi (2nd time) | 25.02.1954-06.09.1955 | |
| Shukri al-Quwwatli (2nd time) | 06.09.1955-22.02.1958 | |
| Nazim al-Kudsi (1905) | 14.12.1961-08.03.1963 | |
| Luai al-Atasi (1929-1992) | 24.03.1963-27.07.1963 | |
| Amin al-Hafiz (1911) | 27.07.1963-23.02.1966 | |
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Nureddin al-Atasi (1929-1992) | 27.02.1966-16.11.1970 |
| Ahmet Chatib (1928) | 18.11.1970-22.02.1971 | |
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Hafiz al-Assad (1928-2000) | 02.03.1971-10.06.2000 |
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Abdul-Halim Khaddam (acting) | 10.06.2000-17.07.2000 |
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Baschar el Assad (1966) | 17.07.2000- |
(Prime Ministers)
| Hasan al-Hakim | 20.09.1941-17.04.1942 | |
| Husni 'l-Barazi | 18.04.1942-10.01.1943 | |
| Djamil al-Ulci | 10.01.1943-25.03.1943 | |
| Ata Bey al-Ajjubi | 25.03.1943-08.1943 | |
| Saad Allah Djabiri (1892-?) | 22.08.1943-14.10.1944 | |
| Faris al-Churi (-1962) | 14.10.1944-01.10.1945 | |
| Saad Allah Djabiri (2nd time) | 01.10.1945-21.12.1946 | |
| Djamil Mardam Bey (1895-1960) | 29.12.1946-02.12.1948 | |
| Chalid al-Azm (1903-?) | 17.12.1948-30.03.1949 | |
| Husni as-Zaim (-1949) | 20.04.1949-27.06.1949 | |
| Muhsin al-Barazi (-1949) | 27.06.1949-13.08.1949 | |
| Hashim Bey al-Atasi (1864-1960) | 15.08.1949-14.12.1949 | |
| Nazim al-Qudsi (1905-?) | 24.12.1949-25.12.1949 | |
| Chalid al-Azm (2nd time) | 28.12.1949-29.05.1950 | |
| Nazim al-Qudsi (2nd time) | 04.06.1950-10.03.1951 | |
| Chalid al-Azm (3rd time) | 27.03.1951-30.07.1951 | |
| Hasan al-Hakim (2nd time) | 10.08.1951-09.11.1951 | |
| Maaruf ad-Dawalibi (1907-?) | 29.11.1951-01.12.1951 | |
| Fauzi as-Salu | 03.12.1951-17.07.1953 | |
| Shevket Shukair | 26.02.1954-01.03.1954 | |
| Sabri al-Asali (1903-?) | 01.03.1954-12.06.1954 | |
| Said al-Ghazzi | 19.06.1954-14.10.1954 | |
| Faris al-Churi (2nd time) | 28.10.1954-06.02.1955 | |
| Sabri as-Asali (2nd time) | 13.01.1955-07.09.1955 | |
| Said al-Ghazzi (2nd time) | 13.09.1955-02.06.1956 | |
| Sabri as-Asali (3rd time) | 14.06.1956-22.02.1958 | |
| Mahmun al-Khuzbari (1914?-?) | 29.09.1961-21.11.1961 | |
| Izzet an-Nuss | 21.11.1961-14.12.1961 | |
| Maaruf ad-Dawalibi (2nd time) | 26.12.1961-28.03.1962 | |
| Baschir al-Azma (1910-?) | 17.04.1961-14.09.1962 | |
| Chalid al-Azm (4th time) | 14.09.1962-08.03.1963 | |
| Salah ad-Din al-Baitar (1912-?) | 09.03.1963-11.05.1963 | |
| Sami al-Djundi | 12.05.1963-13.05.1963 | |
| Salah ad-Din al-Baitar (2nd time) | 13.05.1963-12.11.1963 | |
| Salah ad-Din al-Baitar (3rd time) | 14.05.1964-03.10.1964 | |
| Salah ad-Din al-Baitar (4th time) | 03.01.1966-23.02.1966 | |
| Yusif Zuayen | 27.02.1966-28.10.1968 | |
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Hafiz el-Asad (1928) | 13.11.1970-14.03.1971 |
| Abdul Rahman Chleifawi (1929) | 05.04.1971-23.12.1972 | |
| Mahmud el Ajubi (1932) | 23.12.1972-07.08.1976 | |
| Abdul Rahman Chleifawi (2nd time) | 07.08.1976-30.03.1978 | |
| Mohammed Ali el Halabi (1937 | 30.03.1978-09.01.1980 | |
| Abdel Rauf el Kassem (1932) | 15.01.1980-01.11.1987 | |
| Mahmud az Zuabi (1938-2000) | 01.11.1987-07.03.2000 | |
| Muhammad Mustafa Mero (1941) | 13.03.2000-12.09.2003 | |
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Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944) | 12.09.2003- |