The Vice President of Syria ( ar, نائب رئيس سوريا) is a political position in

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. The Constitution states that in the case of the president's temporary disablement, the vice president may become acting president. Multiple people can hold the office of vice presidency at the same time. The

president of Syria The president of Syria, officially the president of the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic: رئيس سوريا) is the head of state of the Syrian Arab Republic. They are vested with sweeping powers that may be delegated, at their sole discretion, to ...

appoints vice presidents.

Vice President in Constitution

# The President of the Republic might name one or more deputies and delegate to them some of his authorities; # The Vice-president is sworn in before the President of the Republic by repeating the constitutional oath mentioned in Article 7 of the Constitution. (Art. 91) # If an impediment prevented the President of the Republic from continuing to carry out his duties, the Vice-president shall deputize for him. (Art. 92) # No person carrying another nationality, in addition to the nationality of the Syrian Arab Republic, might occupy the office of Vice-president. (Art. 152)

List of officeholders

Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958)

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)

References

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Vice-President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...