Syria: Heads of State: 1922-1949

Raʾīs Ittiḥād al-Duwal al-Sūrīyah (رئيس اتحاد الدول السورية) = Président de la Fédération des États de Syrie \| President of the Federation of Syrian States [1]
1 Jul 1922 - 31 Dec 1924	Ṣubḥī Beg Barakāt al-Khālidī (صبحي بك بركات الخالدي) [2]
Raʾīs al-Dawlah al-Sūrīyah (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 Fawqa al-ʿĀdah min ladan al-Mufawwaḍ al-Sāmī al-Qāʾim bi-ʾIdārat Shuʾūn al-Dawlah al-Sūrīyah (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-Dawlah al-Sūrīyah (رئيس الدولة السورية) = Chef de l'État de Syrie \| Head 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 bi-Dawlat Sūriyā (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-Jumhūrīyah al-Sūrīyah (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 Hāshim Beg bin Muḥammad Khālid al-Atāsī (محمد هاشم بك بن محمد خالد الأتاسي) [7]
Raʾīs Majlis al-Mudīrīn al-ʿĀmayn (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-Ḥukūmah al-Sūrīyah (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-Jumhūrīyah al-Sūrīyah (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-Jumhūrīyah al-Sūrīyah: 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-Dawlah, Raʾīs Ḥukūmat al-Jumhūrīyah al-Sūrīyah (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-Jumhūrīyah al-Sūrīyah (رئيس الجمهورية السورية) = Président de la République Syrienne \| President of the Syrian Republic
17 Aug 1943 - 30 Mar 1949	Shukrī bin Maḥmūd al-Qūwatlī (شكري بن محمود القوتلي)

Also in official use: Président de la Fédération des États Syriens.
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).
Pierre-Alype was appointed Envoy Extraordinary to the states of Syria and Jabal Druze on 5 Jan 1926. On 9 Feb 1926 he was entrusted with carrying out administrative affairs of the State of Syria.
Arabic style varies in use. Sometimes: al-Mandūb al-Mumtāz lil-Mufawwaḍ al-Sāmī ladá Dawlatay Sūriyā wa-Jabal al-Durūz (المندوب الممتاز للمفوض السامي لدى دولتي سوريا وجبل الدروز).
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.
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.
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.