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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 .
Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa [a] (born 29 October 1982), also known by the nom de guerre [b] Abu Mohammad al-Julani, [c] is a Syrian revolutionary, military commander, and politician who has served as the president of Syria since 29 January 2025.
Bashar al-Assad [b] (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician, military officer and dictator [1] who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until his government was overthrown in the Syrian Revolution in 2024.
Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) Khaddam constitutionally succeeded from the vice presidency, and served on an acting basis until the new confirmative referendum. 6: Bashar al-Assad بَشَّارُ ٱلْأَسَدِ (born 1965) 2000 2007 2014 2021: 17 July 2000 8 December 2024 24 years, 144 days Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
After being declared the interim President of Syria, al-Sharaa declared that he would "pursue the criminals who shed Syrian blood and committed massacres and crimes". [ 96 ] In mid-January 2025, a resurfaced video of the Minister for Justice Shadi al-Waisi triggered a public scandal in Syria.
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 ...
President of Syria * List of heads of state of Syria; List of presidents of Syria; A. Gamal Abdel Nasser; Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid; Bashar al-Assad; Hafez al-Assad;
In 1998, Bashar took charge of Syria's Lebanon file, which had since the 1970s been handled by Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam, who had until then been a potential contender for president. [49] By taking charge of Syrian affairs in Lebanon, Bashar was able to push Khaddam aside and establish his own power base in Lebanon. [50]