First Lady of Syria

First Lady of Syria (Arabic: السيدة الأولى للجمهورية العربية السورية, romanized: al-Sayyidah al-Ūlá lil-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah al-Sūrīyah), officially the First Lady of the Syrian Arab Republic, is the title given to the spouse of the incumbent president of Syria. From 1971 to 2024, two consecutive first ladies came from the same ruling family, the Assad family. The current First Lady is Latifa al-Droubi, the wife of President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has held the role since January 2025.^[1]

First Lady of the Syrian Arab Republic السيدة الأولى للجمهورية العربية السورية
Emblem of Syria
Current Latifa al-Droubi since 29 January 2025
Style	Her Excellency (diplomatic)
Residence	People's Palace
Inaugural holder	Bahira al-Dalati (wife of Shukri al-Quwatli)
Formation	17 August 1943

List of first ladies of Syria

Name	Term begins	Term ends	President
First Syrian Republic (1943–1949)
Bahira al-Dalati[2]	17 August 1943	30 May 1949	Shukri al-Quwatli
Nouran al-Za'im[3]	11 April 1949	14 August 1949	Husni al-Za'im
none	14 August 1949	15 August 1949	Sami al-Hinnawi
Second Syrian Republic (1949–1958)
none	15 August 1949	2 December 1951	Hashim al-Atassi
none	3 December 1951	11 July 1953	Fawzi Selu
Fatina al-Fanari[4]	11 July 1953	25 February 1954	Adib Shishakli
none	28 February 1954	6 September 1955	Hashim al-Atassi
Bahira al-Dalati	6 September 1955	22 February 1958	Shukri al-Quwatli
United Arab Republic (1958–1961)
Tahia Kazem (as First Lady of the United Arab Republic)	22 February 1958	14 December 1961	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Second Syrian Republic (1961–1963)
Şehire al-Kudsi	14 December 1961	8 March 1963	Nazim al-Kudsi
Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024)
Şehire al-Kudsi	8 March 1963	8 March 1963	Nazim al-Kudsi
none	9 March 1963	27 July 1963	Lu'ay al-Atassi
Zeinab al-Hafiz	27 July 1963	23 February 1966	Amin al-Hafiz
Salma al-Hasibi	25 February 1966	18 November 1970	Nureddin al-Atassi
Anisa Makhlouf	12 March 1971	10 June 2000	Hafez al-Assad
Asma al-Assad[5]	13 December 2000	8 December 2024	Bashar al-Assad
Syria (2024–present)
Vacant	8 December 2024	29 January 2025	Vacant[a]
Latifa al-Droubi[10]	29 January 2025	–	Ahmed al-Sharaa

Notes

1. Following the fall of the Assad regime, Ahmed al-Sharaa served as Syria's de facto leader^[6] as the emir of the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, general commander and head of the new Syrian administration until 29 January 2025, when he was appointed President of Syria by the Syrian General Command.^[7][8][9]