Polity · 1949 CE – 2024 CE
Ba'athist Syria
سوريا · الجمهورية العربية السورية · Komara Erebî ya Sûriyê
- Peak recorded area
- 187,701 km²
- 1963 CE
- Rulers on record
- 64
- from 1918 CE
Overview
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north and northwest, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. It is a republic under a provisional government and comprises 14 governorates. Damascus is the capital and largest city.
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Territory
1 dated territorial extent on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
187,701 km² in 1963 CE(one extent on record — too few points to draw a series)
Rulers
64 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Rida al-RikabiPrime Minister of Syria1918 CE – 1920 CE
- Hashim al-AtassiPrime Minister of Syria1920 CE
- Suphi BereketPrime Minister of Syria1925 CE
- Haqqi al-AzmPrime Minister of Syria1932 CE – 1934 CE
- Taj al-Din al-HasaniPrime Minister of Syria1934 CE – 1936 CE
- Ata al-AyyubiPrime Minister of Syria1936 CE
- Jamil Mardam BeyPrime Minister of Syria1936 CE – 1939 CE
- Bahij al-KhatibPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1939 CE – 1941 CE
- Lutfi al-HaffarPrime Minister of Syria1939 CE
- Nasuhi al-BukhariPrime Minister of Syria1939 CE
- Hassan al-HakimPrime Minister of Syria1941 CE – 1942 CE
- Khalid al-AzmPrime Minister of Syria1941 CE
- Husni al-BaraziPrime Minister of Syria1942 CE – 1943 CE
- Saadallah al-JabiriPrime Minister of Syria1943 CE – 1944 CE
- Faris al-KhouryPrime Minister of Syria1944 CE – 1945 CE
- Shukri al-QuwatliPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1946 CE – 1949 CE
- Hashim al-AtassiPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1949 CE – 1951 CE
- Husni al-Za'imPrime Minister of Syria1949 CE
- Husni al-Za'imPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1949 CE
- Muhsin al-BaraziPrime Minister of Syria1949 CE
- Nazim al-KudsiPrime Minister of Syria1949 CE
- Sami al-HenaauiPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1949 CE
- Fawzi SeluPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1951 CE – 1953 CE
- Fawzi SeluPrime Minister of Syria1951 CE – 1953 CE
- Adib ShishakliPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1953 CE – 1954 CE
- Adib ShishakliPrime Minister of Syria1953 CE – 1954 CE
- Maamun al-KuzbariPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1954 CE
- Sabri al-AsaliPrime Minister of Syria1956 CE – 1958 CE
- Izzat al-NussPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1961 CE
- Maamun al-KuzbariPrime Minister of Syria1961 CE
- Nazim al-KudsiPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1961 CE – 1963 CE
- Amin al-HafezPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1963 CE – 1966 CE
- Luai al-AtassiPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1963 CE
- Muhammad Umranlist of vice presidents of Syria1963 CE – 1964 CE
- Sami al-JundiPrime Minister of Syria1963 CE
- Amin al-HafezPrime Minister of Syria1964 CE – 1965 CE
- Nureddin al-Atassilist of vice presidents of Syria1964 CE – 1965 CE
- Shibli al-Aysamilist of vice presidents of Syria1965 CE – 1966 CE
- Nureddin al-AtassiPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1966 CE – 1970 CE
- Salah ad-Din al-BitarPrime Minister of Syria1966 CE
- Yusuf ZuayyinPrime Minister of Syria1966 CE – 1968 CE
- Nureddin al-AtassiPrime Minister of Syria1968 CE – 1970 CE
- Ahmad al-KhatibPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1970 CE – 1971 CE
- Hafez al-AssadPrime Minister of Syria1970 CE – 1971 CE
- Hafez al-AssadPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic1971 CE
- Mahmoud al-Ayyubilist of vice presidents of Syria1971 CE – 1976 CE
- Mahmoud al-AyyubiPrime Minister of Syria1972 CE – 1976 CE
- Abdul Rahman KhleifawiPrime Minister of Syria1976 CE – 1978 CE
- Muhammad Ali al-HalabiPrime Minister of Syria1978 CE – 1980 CE
- Abdul Rauf al-KasmPrime Minister of Syria1980 CE – 1987 CE
- Abd al-Halim Khaddamlist of vice presidents of Syria1984 CE – 2005 CE
- Zuhair Masharqalist of vice presidents of Syria1984 CE – 2005 CE
- Mahmoud ZuabiPrime Minister of Syria1987 CE – 2000 CE
- Abd al-Halim KhaddamPresident of the Syrian Arab Republic2000 CE
- Bashar al-AssadHead of State2000 CE – 2024 CE
- Muhammad Mustafa MeroPrime Minister of Syria2000 CE – 2003 CE
- Muhammad Naji al-OtariPrime Minister of Syria2003 CE – 2011 CE
- Farouk al-Sharaalist of vice presidents of Syria2006 CE – 2014 CE
- Najah al-Attarlist of vice presidents of Syria2006 CE – 2024 CE
- Adel SafarPrime Minister of Syria2011 CE – 2012 CE
- Omar Ibrahim GhalawanjiPrime Minister of Syria2012 CE
- Riyad Farid HijabPrime Minister of Syria2012 CE
- Wael al-HalqiPrime Minister of Syria2012 CE – 2016 CE
- Imad KhamisPrime Minister of Syria2016 CE – 2020 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Syrian pound (SYP)
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
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Ba'athist Syria is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.