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An Interim Legislative Council is expected to be formed to act as Syria's legislature until a new constitution has been adopted. [29] Previously, the People's Assembly was Syria's legislature during the Ba'athist period. It has 250 members elected for a four-year term in 15 multi-seat constituencies.
The president of Syria can be removed from the position under the following circumstances: [4] Upon submission of resignation to the People's Assembly; At the end of a 7-year term if not nominated for re-election, or second 7-year term if re-elected; In the case of permanent incapacity or death
1 year, 88 days People's Party: Atassi resigned in the aftermath of the 1951 coup d'état . — Adib Shishakli أديب الشيشكلي (1909–1964) — 2 December 1951 3 December 1951 1 day Syrian Social Nationalist Party: 11 Fawzi Selu فوزي سلو (1905–1972) — 3 December 1951 11 July 1953 1 year, 220 days Military (ALM–affiliated ...
Now their rush is to keep the lid on Syria’s Pandora’s box, avoid a power vacuum and prevent the sort of chaos that almost inevitably arises when a 50-year regime topples in a matter of days ...
ON THE GROUND: Bel Trew meets the new police chief in Syria’s third city, tasked with keeping the peace now that forces led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham have ousted the regime of Bashar ...
3 years, 45 days Robert de Caix: 23 November 1922 19 April 1923 147 days Acting Maxime Weygand: 19 April 1923 29 November 1924 1 year, 224 days Maurice Sarrail: 29 November 1924 23 December 1925 1 year, 24 days Henry de Jouvenel: 23 December 1925 23 June 1926 182 days Henri Ponsot: August 1926 13 July 1933 6 years, 11 months Damien de Martel
BEIRUT (AP) — For the first time in 50 years, the question of how Syria will be governed is wide open. The end of the Assad family's rule is for many Syrians a moment of mixed joy and fear, of the total unknown. The insurgency that swept President Bashar Assad out of power is rooted in Islamist jihadi fighters.
Born in Syria in 1982, he was am ong the foreign fighters to cross into Iraq to fight against U.S. forces after they invaded the country in 2003 and was detained by the American military ...