Vice President of Syria

The vice president of Syria (Arabic: نائب رئيس سوريا) is a political position in Syria. The Constitution 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 presidency at the same time. The president of Syria appoints vice presidents.^[2]

Vice President of the Syrian Arab Republic
نائب رئيس الجمهورية العربية السورية‎
Seal of the vice president of Syria
Incumbent Najah al-Attar since 23 March 2006
Style	Vice President (informal) His or Her Excellency (diplomatic)
Seat	Damascus, Syria
Nominator	President
Appointer	President
Term length	No term limits, serves at the President's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Maamun al-Kuzbari
Formation	25 February 1952; 72 years ago (1952-02-25)

Vice president in Constitution

1. The president of the republic might name one or more deputies and delegate to them some of his authorities;^[3]
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)^[3]
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)^[3]
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)^[3]

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		Abdel 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

Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)^[4]

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 (born 1937)	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	20 years, 341 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	20 years, 347 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
10		Farouk al-Sharaa فاروق الشرع (born 1938)	21 February 2006	19 July 2014[5]	8 years, 148 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		Bashar al-Assad
11		Najah al-Attar نجاح العطار (born 1933)	23 March 2006	Incumbent	18 years, 181 days	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)

See also

• President of Syria
  • List of presidents of Syria
• Prime Minister of Syria
  • List of prime ministers of Syria
• Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria

References

1. Collelo, Thomas (1988). Syria: A Country Study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. p. 223.
2. "Constitutional history of Syria". constitutionniet.org. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
3. "Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic 2012: Vice-President". constitutions.unwomen.org. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
4. Commins, David; Lesch, David W. (5 December 2013). Historical Dictionary of Syria. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810879669.
5. "Syria's Assad reappoints woman VP but mum on Sharaa". 20 July 2014.