Deputy Prime Minister of Syria
| Vice President of the Council of Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic | |
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| نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء في الجمهورية العربية السورية | |
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| Style | Mr Deputy Prime Minister (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic) |
| Status | Abolished |
| Member of | Council of Ministers |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Residence | Government building, Damascus, Syria |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | President |
| Term length | No term limits |
| Inaugural holder | Mustafa Nehmeh (kingdom) Lutfi al-Haffar (republic) |
| Formation | 23 August 1948 |
| Abolished | 29 March 2025 |
| Website | www.pministry.gov.sy |
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The deputy prime minister of Syria (Arabic: نايب رئيس الوزراء في سوريا, romanized: Nayib Raʾīs al-wuzarāʾ fī Sūriyā), officially the vice president of the Council of Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic, was a position in the Council of Ministers of Syria.
The deputy prime minister was the second highest-ranking member of the Council of Ministers, after the prime minister. In the previous semi-presidential system used under both Ba'athist Syria and the Syrian caretaker government, the prime minister was treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy prime minister was used to bring political stability and strength within a government or in times of national emergency when a proper chain of command was necessary. The post became vacant on 23 April 2022 and was formally abolished following the establishment of Syrian transitional government on 29 March 2025.
List of deputy prime ministers
[edit]- Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
- Adil Arslan[1]
- Bashir al-Azma
- Rashad Barmada
- Abdullah Dardari
- Lutfi al-Haffar
- Mohammad al-Hussein
- Abdul Halim Khaddam
- Qadri Jamil
- Walid Muallem[2]
- Abd al-Qadir Qaddura
- Khalid Raad
- Farouk al-Sharaa
- Mustafa Tlass
- Salim Yasin[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "La Liberté — Browse by title — e-newspaperarchives.ch". www.e-newspaperarchives.ch. Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Syria's veteran Foreign Minister Walid Muallem dies aged 79". www.bbc.com. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ "SYRIA - Profile - Dr. Khalid Raa'd. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
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