Vice President of Syria explained

Post:	Vice President of the Syrian Arab Republic
Insignia:	Emblem of Syria (2025–present).svg
Insigniacaption:	Coat of arms of Syria
Insigniasize:	120px
Incumbent:	Vacant
Incumbentsince:	8 December 2024
Style:	Mr/Madam Vice President (informal) His/Her Excellency (diplomatic)
Appointer:	President
Seat:	Damascus, Syria
Constituting Instrument:	Constitutional Declaration (2025)
Termlength:	No term limits, serves at the President's pleasure
Inaugural:	Maamun al-Kuzbari

The vice president of Syria (ar|نائب رئيس سوريا|Nayib Raʾīs Sūriyā), officially the vice president of the Syrian Arab Republic, is the second-highest political position in the Syrian government after the president. The current Constitutional Declaration states that in the case of the president's 'temporary disablement', the vice president may become acting president.^[1]

Multiple people can hold the office of vice president at the same time. The president is responsible for appointing the vice president, alongside determining their powers.^[2] Since the fall of the Assad regime, the transitional government has not yet selected a vice president as of now.^[3]

Powers, selection and succession

Under the Constitutional Declaration of the Syrian Arab Republic:^[4]

The President of the Republic appoints one or more vice presidents,
The President determines their powers, dismisses them, and accepts their resignations,
If the presidency becomes vacant, the vice president assumes the President’s powers.

List of officeholders

Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958)

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party		President(s)
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		President(s)
1		Maamun al-Kuzbari Arabic: مأمون الكزبري	25 February 1952	28 February 1954			Arab Liberation Movement	Fawzi Selu
1		Maamun al-Kuzbari Arabic: مأمون الكزبري	25 February 1952	28 February 1954			Arab Liberation Movement	Adib Shishakli

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party		President(s)
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		President(s)
2		Sabri al-Asali Arabic: صبري العسلي	7 March 1958	7 October 1958			National Party	Gamal Abdel Nasser
		Akram al-Hawrani Arabic: أَكْرَم الْحَوْرَانِي	7 March 1958	19 September 1960			Ba'ath Party
		Abdel Latif Boghdadi Arabic: عبد اللطيف البغدادي	7 March 1958	29 September 1961			National Union
		Abdel Hakim Amer Arabic: عبد الحكيم عامر	7 March 1958	29 September 1961			National Union
3		Nur al-Din Kahala Arabic: نور الدين كحالة	20 September 1960	29 September 1961			National Union
4		Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj Arabic: عبد الحميد السراج	16 August 1961	29 September 1961			National Union
		Kamal el-Din Hussein Arabic: كمال الدين حسين	16 August 1961	29 September 1961			National Union
		Zakaria Mohieddin Arabic: زكريا محيي الدين	16 August 1961	29 September 1961			National Union
		Hussein el-Shafei Arabic: حسين محمود حسن الشافعي	16 August 1961	29 September 1961			National Union

Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024)

Source:^[5]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party		President(s)
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		President(s)
5		Muhammad Umran Arabic: محمد عمران	8 March 1963	15 December 1964			Ba'ath Party	Lu'ay al-Atassi
5		Muhammad Umran Arabic: محمد عمران	8 March 1963	15 December 1964			Ba'ath Party	Amin al-Hafiz
6		Nureddin al-Atassi Arabic: نور الدين الأتاسي	15 December 1964	28 December 1965			Ba'ath Party
7		Shibli al-Aysami Arabic: شبلي العيسمي	28 December 1965	23 February 1966			Ba'ath Party
8		Mahmoud al-Ayyubi Arabic: محمود الأيوبي	22 February 1971	7 August 1976			Syrian Ba'ath Party	Hafez al-Assad
9		Rifaat al-Assad Arabic: رِفْعَتُ ٱلْأَسَدِ	11 March 1984	8 February 1998			Syrian Ba'ath Party	Hafez al-Assad
		Abdul Halim Khaddam Arabic: عبدالحليم خدام	11 March 1984	6 June 2005			Syrian Ba'ath Party	Hafez al-Assad Bashar al-Assad
		Zuhair Masharqa Arabic: زهير مشارقة	11 March 1984	21 February 2006^[6]			Syrian Ba'ath Party	Hafez al-Assad Bashar al-Assad
10		Farouk al-Sharaa Arabic: فاروق الشرع	21 February 2006	19 July 2014^[7]			Syrian Ba'ath Party	Bashar al-Assad
11		Najah al-Attar Arabic: نجاح العطار	23 March 2006	8 December 2024			Syrian Ba'ath Party
12		Faisal Mekdad Arabic: فيصل المقداد	23 September 2024	8 December 2024			Syrian Ba'ath Party

Notes and References

Book: Collelo, Thomas. Syria: A Country Study. 1988. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. 223.
Web site: Constitutional history of Syria. constitutionniet.org. 11 December 2021.
Loft . Philip . 2026-03-02 . Syria one year after Assad: Forming an interim government . en-GB.
Web site: 13 March 2025 . Constitutional Declaration of the Syrian Arab Republic . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20250318030710/https://constitutionnet.org/sites/default/files/2025-03/2025.03.13%20-%20Constitutional%20declaration%20%28English%29.pdf . 18 March 2025 . 18 March 2025.
Book: Historical Dictionary of Syria. 9780810879669. Commins. David. Lesch. David W.. 5 December 2013. Scarecrow Press .
Book: Commins . David Dean . Lesch . David W. . Historical dictionary of Syria . 2014 . The Scarecrow Press . Lanham (Md.) . 978-0-8108-7966-9 . Third.
Web site: Syria's Assad reappoints woman VP but mum on Sharaa . 20 July 2014 .