<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> People's Party </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Syrian Regional Branch (Ba'ath Party / Syrian Ba'ath Party) </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> <H3> State of Syria, part of the French Mandate (1922--1930) (edit) </H3> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Name (Birth--Death) </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Political party </Th> <Th> Note (s) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Subhi Barakat (1883--1939) </Th> <Td> 28 June 1922 </Td> <Td> 21 December 1925 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Th> François Pierre - Alype (1853--1932) </Th> <Td> 9 February 1926 </Td> <Td> 28 April 1926 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Ahmad Nami (1879--1960) </Th> <Td> 28 April 1926 </Td> <Td> 15 February 1928 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Taj al - Din al - Hasani (1885--1943) </Th> <Td> 15 February 1928 </Td> <Td> 14 May 1930 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> <H3> Syrian Republic, part of the French Mandate (1930--1945) (edit) </H3> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Name (Birth--Death) </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Political party </Th> <Th> Note (s) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Taj al - Din al - Hasani (1885--1943) </Th> <Td> 14 May 1930 </Td> <Td> 19 November 1931 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Th> Léon Solomiac (1873--1960) </Th> <Td> 19 November 1931 </Td> <Td> 11 June 1932 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Muhammad Ali al - Abid (1867--1939) </Th> <Td> 11 June 1932 </Td> <Td> 21 December 1936 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Hashim al - Atassi (1875--1960) </Th> <Td> 21 December 1936 </Td> <Td> 7 July 1939 </Td> <Td> National Bloc </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Bahij al - Khatib (1895--1981) </Th> <Td> 10 July 1939 </Td> <Td> 4 April 1941 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Khalid al - Azm (1903--1965) </Th> <Td> 4 April 1941 </Td> <Td> 16 September 1941 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Taj al - Din al - Hasani (1885--1943) </Th> <Td> 16 September 1941 </Td> <Td> 17 January 1943 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td> Hasani died in office . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Jamil al - Ulshi (1883--1951) </Th> <Td> 17 January 1943 </Td> <Td> 25 March 1943 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Ata al - Ayyubi (1877--1951) </Th> <Td> 25 March 1943 </Td> <Td> 17 August 1943 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Shukri al - Quwatli (1891--1967) </Th> <Td> 17 August 1943 </Td> <Td> 24 October 1945 </Td> <Td> National Bloc </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> <H3> Syrian republic (1945--1958) (edit) </H3> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Name (Birth--Death) </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Political party </Th> <Th> Note (s) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Shukri al - Quwatli (1891--1967) </Th> <Td> 24 October 1945 </Td> <Td> 29 March 1949 </Td> <Td> National Bloc / National Party </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Quwatli was ousted from power on 29 March 1949 by Husni al - Za'im, his Chief of Staff . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Husni al - Za'im (1897--1949) </Th> <Td> 30 March 1949 </Td> <Td> 14 August 1949 </Td> <Td> Syrian Social Nationalist Party </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Za'im was overthrown by a military coup in 1949 led by Adib Shishakli, he was later executed on the orders of the new government . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Sami al - Hinnawi (1898--1950) </Th> <Td> 14 August 1949 </Td> <Td> 15 August 1949 </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Hashim al - Atassi (1875--1960) </Th> <Td> 15 August 1949 </Td> <Td> 2 December 1951 </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Adib Shishakli (1909--1964) </Th> <Td> 2 December 1951 </Td> <Td> 3 December 1951 </Td> <Td> Syrian Social Nationalist Party </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Fawzi Selu (1905--1972) </Th> <Td> 3 December 1951 </Td> <Td> 11 July 1953 </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Adib Shishakli (1909--1964) </Th> <Td> 11 July 1953 </Td> <Td> 25 February 1954 </Td> <Td> Arab Liberation Movement </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Shishakli resigned from office because of threats of a coup in 1954 . He fled the country, claiming that he did not want the country to fall into a civil war . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Maamun al - Kuzbari (1914--1998) </Th> <Td> 25 February 1954 </Td> <Td> 28 February 1954 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Hashim al - Atassi (1875--1960) </Th> <Td> 28 February 1954 </Td> <Td> 6 September 1955 </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Shukri al - Quwatli (1891--1967) </Th> <Td> 6 September 1955 </Td> <Td> 22 February 1958 </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> <H3> United Arab Republic (1958--1961) (edit) </H3> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Name (Birth--Death) </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Political party </Th> <Th> Note (s) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918--1970) </Th> <Td> 22 February 1958 </Td> <Td> 29 September 1961 </Td> <Td> National Union </Td> <Th> </Th> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> <H3> Syrian Arab republic (1961--present) (edit) </H3> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Name (Birth--Death) </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Political party </Th> <Th> Note (s) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Maamun al - Kuzbari (1914--1998) </Th> <Td> 29 September 1961 </Td> <Td> 20 November 1961 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Izzat al - Nuss (1912--1976) </Th> <Td> 20 November 1961 </Td> <Td> 14 December 1961 </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Nazim al - Kudsi (1906--1998) </Th> <Td> 14 December 1961 </Td> <Td> 8 March 1963 </Td> <Td> People's Party </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> The 1963 coup d'état, an event known as the 8th of March Revolution, toppled Nazim al - Kudsi and brought the National Council for the Revolutionary Command (NCRC) to government, although real power lay with the Ba'athist Military Committee, which organized the coup . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Lu'ay al - Atassi (1926--2003) </Th> <Td> 9 March 1963 </Td> <Td> 27 July 1963 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Independent </Td> <Td> Lu'ay al - Atassi was appointed president by the NCRC because he posed no threat to the Military Committee's power . He resigned after high - ranking non-Ba'athist officers were purged . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Amin al - Hafiz (1921--2009) </Th> <Td> 27 July 1963 </Td> <Td> 23 February 1966 </Td> <Td> Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Amin al - Hafiz was overthrown by the Military Committee because of his support for Michel Aflaq and the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Nureddin al - Atassi (1929--1992) </Th> <Td> 25 February 1966 </Td> <Td> 18 November 1970 </Td> <Td> Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nureddin al - Atassi was overthrown when a falling out occurred between Salah Jadid, the real ruler of Syria from 1966 to 1970, and Hafez al - Assad, the Minister of Defense . Assad initiated a coup in 1970, known as the Corrective Movement . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Ahmad al - Khatib (1933--1982) </Th> <Td> 18 November 1970 </Td> <Td> 22 February 1971 </Td> <Td> Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Hafez al - Assad (1930--2000) </Th> <Td> 22 February 1971 </Td> <Td> 10 June 2000 </Td> <Td> Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Assad died in office . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932--) </Th> <Td> 10 June 2000 </Td> <Td> 17 July 2000 </Td> <Td> Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Bashar al - Assad (1965--) </Th> <Td> 17 July 2000 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> <H3> State of Syria, part of the French Mandate (1922--1930) (edit) </H3> </Td> </Tr>

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