Syria: Heads of State: 1922-1949 |
| Raʾīs Ittiḥād al-Duwal al-Sūriyya (رئيس اتحاد الدول السورية) = Président de la Fédération des États de Syrie | President of the Federation of Syrian States [1] |
| 1 Jul 1922 - 1 Jan 1925 |
Ṣubḥī Beg Barakāt al-Khālidī (صبحي بك بركات الخالدي) [2] |
| Raʾīs al-Dawla al-Sūriyya (رئيس الدولة السورية) = Président de l'État de Syrie | President of the State of Syria |
| 1 Jan 1925 - 21 Dec 1925 |
Ṣubḥī Beg Barakāt al-Khālidī (صبحي بك بركات الخالدي) |
| 21 Dec 1925 - 9 Feb 1926 |
office vacant |
| al-Mursal Fawqu al-ʿĀda min ladun al-Mufawaḍ al-Sāmī al-Qāʾim bi-ʾIdāra Shuʾūn al-Dawla al-Sūriyya (المُرسل فوق العادة من لدن المفوض السامي القائم بادارة شؤون الدولة السورية) = Envoyé Extraordinaire du Haut-Commissaire chargé de la direction des affaires de l'État de Syrie | Envoy Extraordinary of the High Commissioner in charge of the affairs of the State of Syria [3] |
| 9 Feb 1926 - 29 Apr 1926 |
Marie-François-Julien Pierre, dit Pierre-Alype [4] |
| Raʾīs al-Dawla al-Sūriyya (رئيس الدولة السورية) = Chef de l'État de Syrie | President of the State of Syria |
| 29 Apr 1926 - 14 Feb 1928 |
al-Dāmād Aḥmad Nāmī Beg bin Fakhrī Beg (الداماد أحمد نامي بك بن فخري بك) [5] |
| Raʾīs Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ ba-Dawla Sūriyya (رئيس مجلس الوزراء بدولة سوريا) = Président du Conseil des Ministres | President of the Council of Ministers of the State of Syria |
| 14 Feb 1928 - 19 Nov 1931 |
al-Shaykh Muḥammad Tāj al-Dīn bin Badr al-Dīn al-Ḥasanī (الشيخ محمد تاج الدين بن بدر الدين الحسني) |
| 19 Nov 1931 - 11 Jun 1932 |
office vacant
[6] |
| Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya al-Sūriyya (رئيس الجمهورية السورية) = Président de la République Syrienne | President of the Syrian Republic |
| 11 Jun 1932 - 21 Dec 1936 |
Muḥammad ʿAlī Beg bin Aḥmad ʿIzzat Bāshā al-ʿĀbid (محمد علي بك بن احمد عزت باشا العابد) |
| 21 Dec 1936 - 8 Jul 1939 |
Muḥammad Ḥāshim Beg bin Muḥammad Khālid al-Atāsī (محمد هاشم بك بن محمد خالد الأتاسي)
[7] |
| Raʾīs Majlis al-Mudīrīn al-ʿĀmmayn (رئيس مجلس المديرين العامين) = Président du Conseil des Directeurs Généraux | President of the Council of Directors General |
| 8 Jul 1939 - 2 Apr 1941 |
Bahīj Beg al-Khaṭīb (بهيج بك الخطيب) |
| Raʾīs al-Ḥukūma al-Sūriyya (رئيس الحكومة السورية) = Chef du Gouvernement | President of the Government of Syria |
| 2 Apr 1941 - 16 Sep 1941 |
Khālid bin Muḥammad Fawzī al-ʿAẓm (خالد بن محمد فوزي العظم) |
| Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya al-Sūriyya (رئيس الجمهورية السورية) = Président de la République Syrienne | President of the Syrian Republic |
| 16 Sep 1941 - 17 Jan 1943 |
al-Shaykh Muḥammad Tāj al-Dīn bin Badr al-Dīn al-Ḥasanī (الشيخ محمد تاج الدين بن بدر الدين الحسني) |
| Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ al-Jumhūriyya al-Sūriyya: Raʾīs Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ (مجلس الوزراء الجمهورية السورية: رئيس مجلس الوزراء) = Conseil des Ministres de la République Syrienne: Président du Conseil des Ministres | Council of Ministers of the Syrian Republic: President of the Council of Ministers |
| 17 Jan 1943 - 25 Mar 1943 |
Muḥammad Jamīl Beg al-Ulshī (محمد جميل بك الألشي) |
| Raʾīs al-Dawla, Raʾīs Ḥukūma al-Jumhūriyya al-Sūriyya (رئيس الدولة، رئيس حكومة الجمهورية السورية) = Chef de l'État, Chef du Gouvernement | Head of State, Head of Government |
| 25 Mar 1943 - 17 Aug 1943 |
ʿAṭāʾ Beg bin Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ayyūbī (عطاء بك بن محمد علي الأيوبي) |
| Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya al-Sūriyya (رئيس الجمهورية السورية) = Président de la République Syrienne | President of the Syrian Republic |
| 17 Aug 1943 - 30 Mar 1949 |
Shukrī bin Maḥmūd al-Quwwatlī (شكري بن محمود القوتلي) |
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| [1] |
Also in official use: Président de la Fédération des États Syriens. |
| [2] |
Ṣubḥī Beg was elected by the Federal Council on 29 (?) Jun 1922. The term of office is presumed to have commenced on the date of the inauguration of the Federation of the Syrian States (1 Jul 1922). |
| [3] |
Pierre-Alype was appointed Envoy Extraordinary to the states of Syria and Jabal Druze o 5 Jan 1926. On 9 Feb 1926 he was entrusted with carrying out administrative affairs of the State of Syria. |
| [4] |
Arabic style varies in use. Sometimes: al-Mandūb al-Mumtāz lil-Mufawaḍ al-Sāmī ladā Dawlatay Sūriyyā wa Jabal al-Durūz (المندوب الممتاز للمفوض السامي لدى دولتي سوريا وجبل الدروز) |
| [5] |
Nāmī Beg was appointed Head of State by an order of the High Commissioner of the French Republic (dated 26 Apr 1926, Beirut). Nāmī Beg issued a proclamation on assumption of office on 28 Apr 1926 and arrived from Beirut to Damascus on 29 Apr 1926 and was installed in office. |
| [6] |
During a transitional period preceding the taking effect of the Constitution of the State of Syria, the High Commissioner of the French Republic (Haut-Commissaire de la République Française) directly managed the affairs of state. |
| [7] |
The letter of resignation of al-Atāsī was submitted to the President of the Chamber of Deputies on 8 Jul 1939. Before it could act on resignation, the Chamber was dissolved by an order of the High Commissioner of the French Republic of 8 Jul 1939. |
