Syria: Heads of State: 1949-1958 al-Qāʾid al-ʿĀmm lil-Jaysh wa-al-Qawwā al-Musallaḥa (القائد العام للجيش والقوى المسلحة) | Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces 30 Mar 1949 - 26 Jun 1949 Ḥusnī bin al-Shaykh Riḍā al-Zaʿīm (حسني بن الشيخ رضا الزعيم) Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya al-Sūriyya (رئيس الجمهورية السورية) | President of the Syrian Republic 26 Jun 1949 - 14 Aug 1949 Ḥusnī bin al-Shaykh Riḍā al-Zaʿīm (حسني بن الشيخ رضا الزعيم) (x) al-Qāʾid al-ʿĀmm lil-Jaysh wa-al-Qawwā al-Musallaḥa (القائد العام للجيش والقوى المسلحة) | Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces 14 Aug 1949 - 15 Aug 1949 Muḥammad Sāmī Ḥilmī Ḥinnawī (محمد سامي حلمي حناوي) Raʾīs Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ (رئيس مجلس الوزراء) | President of the Council of Ministers 15 Aug 1949 - 14 Dec 1949 Muḥammad Ḥāshim Beg bin Muḥammad Khālid al-Atāsī (محمد هاشم بك بن محمد خالد الأتاسي) (x) [1] Raʾīs al-Dawla (رئيس الدولة) | Head of State 14 Dec 1949 - 5 Sep 1950 Muḥammad Ḥāshim Beg bin Muḥammad Khālid al-Atāsī (محمد هاشم بك بن محمد خالد الأتاسي) (x) [2] Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya al-Sūriyya (رئيس الجمهورية السورية) | President of the Syrian Republic 5 Sep 1950 - 2 Dec 1951 Muḥammad Ḥāshim Beg bin Muḥammad Khālid al-Atāsī (محمد هاشم بك بن محمد خالد الأتاسي) (x) Raʾīs al-Arkān al-ʿĀmma, Raʾīs al-Majlis al-ʿAskariyy al-Aʿlā (رئيس الأركان العامة ، رئيس المجلس العسكري الاعلى) | Chairman of the General Staff, President of the Supreme Military Council 2 Dec 1951 - 3 Dec 1951 Adīb bin al-Ḥasan al-Shīshaklī (أديب بن الحسن الشيشكلي) Raʾīs al-Dawla (رئيس الدولة) | Head of State 3 Dec 1951 - 11 Jul 1953 Fawzī Silū (فوزي سلو) Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya (رئيس الجمهورية) | President of the Republic 11 Jul 1953 - 26 Feb 1954 Adīb bin al-Ḥasan al-Shīshaklī (أديب بن الحسن الشيشكلي) (x) Raʾīs al-Majlis al-Nuwwāb (رئيس مجلس النواب) | President of the Chamber of Deputies (ex officio) 26 Feb 1954 - 28 Feb 1954 Maʾmūn bin Shafiq al-Kuzbarī (مأمون بن شفيق الكزبري) Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya (رئيس الجمهورية) | President of the Republic 28 Feb 1954 - 6 Sep 1955 Muḥammad Ḥāshim Beg bin Muḥammad Khālid al-Atāsī (محمد هاشم بك بن محمد خالد الأتاسي) (x) 6 Sep 1955 - 22 Feb 1958 Shukrī bin Maḥmūd al-Quwwatlī (شكري بن محمود القوتلي) (x) [1] Appointed by a decree issued by the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces on 14 Aug 1949. The ceremony of transfer of executive authority was held in Damascus 15 Aug 1949. [2] Elected by the Constituent Assembly on 14 Dec 1949 and began to exercise the functions of office before the swearing-in which was delayed and took place 7 Jan 1950. Last updated on: 07 Jun 2023 07:41:02
