Heads of Government

1	Rida Rikabi	1918-1920	Served following the establishment of the Kingdom of Syria under King Faisal after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and before the imposition of the French mandate.
2	Crown Prince Zaid	1920	Served under King Faisal briefly before the imposition of the French mandate.
3	Hashim Atassi	1920 1949	Served under King Faisal briefly before the imposition of the French mandate and briefly following the fall of Husni Zaim.
4	Alaa Al-Din Droubi	1920	Served following the imposition of the French mandate.
5	Jamil Ulshi	1920 1943	Served during the French mandate, including briefly under President Taj Al-Din Hasani.
6	Haqqi Azem	1920-1922 1932-1934	Served during the French mandate, including under President Muhammad Ali Abed.
7	Subhi Barakat	1922-1925	Served during the French mandate.
8	Taj Al-Din Hasani	1925-1926 1928-1931 1934-1936	Served during the French mandate, including under President Muhammad Ali Abed.
9	Ahmad Nami	1926-1928	Served during the French mandate.
10	Ata Ayoubi	1936 1943	Served during the French mandate, including under President Muhammad Ali Abed.
11	Jamil Mardam Bey	1936-1939 1946-1948	Served during the French mandate under President Hashim Atassi and following independence under President Shukri Quwatli.
12	Lutfi Haffar	1939	Served during the French mandate under President Hashim Atassi.
13	Nassouh Boukhari	1939	Served during the French mandate under President Hashim Atassi.
14	Bahij Khatib	1939-1941	Served during the French mandate.
15	Khaled Azem	1941 1946 1948-1949 1949-1950 1951 1962-1963	Served during the French mandate under President Taj Al-Din Hasani, following independence under Presidents Shukri Quwatli and Hashim Atassi, and under President Nazim Qudsi right before the Baath Party came to power.
16	Hasan Hakim	1941-1942 1951	Served during the French mandate under President Taj Al-Din Hasani and following independence under President Hashim Atassi.
17	Husni Barazi	1942-1943	Served during the French mandate under President Taj Al-Din Hasani.
18	Saadallah Jabiri	1943-1944 1945-1946	Served during the French mandate and at the time of independence under President Shukri Quwatli.
19	Fares Khouri	1944-1945 1954-1955	Served during the French mandate under President Shukri Quwatli and following independence under President Hashim Atassi.
20	Husni Zaim	1949	Served briefly after seizing power in Syria’s first ever coup d’état.
21	Mohsen Barazi	1949	Served briefly following Husni Zaim’s coup.
22	Nazim Qudsi	1949 1950-1951	Served under President Hashim Atassi following the fall of Husni Zaim.
23	Zaki Khatib	1951	Served briefly under President Hashim Atassi.
24	Maarouf Dawalibi	1951 1961-1962	Served under President Hashim Atassi before Adib Shishakli’s coup and under President Nazim Qudsi following Syria’s secession from the United Arab Republic.
25	Fawzi Selu	1951-1953	Served following Adib Shishakli’s coup.
26	Adib Shishakli	1953-1954	Served following his assumption of the presidency as well.
27	Sabri Assali	1954 1955 1956-1958	Served under Presidents Hashim Atassi and Shukri Quwatli in the time period between the fall of Adib Shishakli and the rise of Gamal Abdel-Nasser.
28	Said Ghazzi	1954 1955-1956	Served under Presidents Hashim Atassi and Shukri Quwatli in the time period between the fall of Adib Shishakli and the rise of Gamal Abdel-Nasser.
29	Nour Al-Din Kahaleh	1958-1960	Served as President of the Syrian Executive Council in the United Arab Republic under President Gamal Abdel-Nasser.
30	Abdel-Hamid Sarraj	1960-1961	Served as President of the Syrian Executive Council in the United Arab Republic under President Gamal Abdel-Nasser.
31	Maamoun Kuzbari	1961	Served briefly following Syria’s secession from the United Arab Republic.
32	Izzat Nuss	1961	Served briefly following Syria’s secession from the United Arab Republic.
33	Bashir Azma	1962	Served under President Nazim Qudsi.
34	Salah Al-Din Bitar	1963 1964 1966	Served following the Baath Party Revolution under Presidents Louai Atassi and Amin Hafez.
35	Amin Hafez	1963-1964 1964-1965	Served while as president as well.
36	Youssef Zuaiyin	1965 1966-1968	Served under President Amin Hafez and then under President Nour Al-Din Atassi after the far-leftist Baathists seized power.
37	Nour Al-Din Atassi	1968-1970	Served while as president as well.
38	Hafez Al-Assad	1970-1971	Served as prime minister while placing Ahmad Khatib as president until he could formally assume the presidency.
39	Abdel-Rahman Khlayfawi	1971-1972 1976-1978	Served under President Hafez Al-Assad.
40	Mahmoud Ayoubi	1972-1976	Served under President Hafez Al-Assad.
41	Muhammad Ali Halabi	1978-1980	Served under President Hafez Al-Assad.
42	Abdel-Raouf Qassim	1980-1987	Served under President Hafez Al-Assad.
43	Mahmoud Zoubi	1987-2000	Served under President Hafez Al-Assad.
44	Mustafa Miro	2000-2003	Served under Presidents Hafez Al-Assad and Bashar Al-Assad.
45	Naji Otri	2003-2011	Served under President Bashar Al-Assad.
46	Adel Safar	2011-2012	Served under President Bashar Al-Assad following the outbreak of internal unrest in Syria starting in March 2011.
47	Riad Hijab	2012	Served briefly under President Bashar Al-Assad before defecting from the government.
48	Omar Ghalawanji	2012	Served in an interim capacity under President Bashar Al-Assad until Wael Halqi was appointed as prime minister.
49	Wael Halqi	2012-2016	Served as prime minister under President Bashar Al-Assad during the height of the war in Syria.
50	Imad Khamis	2016-2020	Served as prime minister under President Bashar Al-Assad during the height and winding down of the war in Syria as well as the unprecedented economic crisis that followed.
51	Hussein Arnous	2020-	Currently serving as prime minister under President Bashar Al-Assad.