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Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024) Vacant (8 March 1963 – 9 March 1963) 2 Lu'ay al-Atassi لؤي الأتاسي (1926–2003) — 9 March 1963 27 July 1963 140 days Independent: Atassi was appointed president by the NCRC because he posed no threat to the Military Committee's power. [8] He resigned after high-ranking non-Ba'athist officers were ...
The sole candidate of the presidential referendum, Assad was subsequently confirmed president on 10 July 2000, with 97.29% support for his leadership. [55] [56] [57] In line with his role as President of Syria, he was also appointed the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and Regional Secretary of the Ba'ath Party. [53]
The president of Syria (Arabic: رئيس سوريا, romanized: Raʾīs Sūriyā) is the head of state of Syria. The president is vested with sweeping powers that may be delegated, at his sole discretion, to his vice presidents. The president appoints and dismisses the prime minister and other members of the Council of Ministers (the cabinet ...
Pages in category "Presidents of Syria" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Hafez al-Assad [a] (6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian politician and military officer who was the president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000. He was also the prime minister of Syria from 1970 to 1971 as well as the regional secretary of the regional command of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and secretary general of the National Command of ...
(Syria Region) Presidents of the National Council for the Revolutionary Command: Amin al-Hafiz أمين الحافظ: 27 July 1963 13 May 1964 Military Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) 13 May 1964 23 February 1966 : President of the Presidential Council Nureddin al-Atassi نور الدين الأتاسي: 25 February 1966 18 November 1970 : Military
The history of Syria covers events which occurred on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic and events which occurred in the region of Syria.Throughout ancient times the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic was occupied and ruled by several empires, including the Sumerians, Mitanni, Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Hittites, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Arameans, Amorites, Persians, Greeks ...
For his entire tenure as Syria's president, Assad ruled under the terms of a state of emergency dating from 1963. [13] Under the provisions of the emergency law, the press was limited to three Ba'ath-controlled newspapers and political dissidents were often tried in security courts that operated outside the regular judicial system.