The Deputy Prime Minister of Syria (

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: نائب رئيس الوزراء السوري) is the deputy to the

Prime Minister of Syria The prime minister of Syria (Arabic: رئيس وزراء سوريا), formally titled the president of the Council of Ministers ( ar, رئيس مجلس الوزراء), is the head of government of the Syrian Arab Republic. Nomination The prime ...

, who is head of the

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, and a member of the

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. The deputy prime minister is the second highest ranking member of the Council of Ministers. In the

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of government, the

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is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy prime minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a government or in times of national emergency, when a proper

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is necessary.

List of deputy prime ministers

Ali Abdullah Ayyoub General Ali Abdullah Ayyoub ( ar, علي عبد الله أيوب, ʿAlī ʿAbd Allāh Ayyūb) (born 28 April 1952 in Latakia) is the current Deputy Prime Minister of Syria, senior Syrian Arab Army officer and former Ministry of Defense (Syria), ...

* Adil Arslan *

Bashir al-Azma Bashir al-Azma (1910–1992) ( ar, بشير العظَمة), was a Syrian doctor and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Syria from 16 April to 14 September 1962. He was born in and raised in the capital Damascus. He obtained his unde ...

* Rashad Barmada *

Abdullah Dardari Abdallah Abdel Razzaq Al Dardari ( ar, عبد الله الدردري; born 1963) is the United Nations Development Program's Resident Representative in Kabul, Afghanistan. Prior to his appointment in 2019, he worked for the World Bank. He has a ...

Lutfi al-Haffar Lutfi al-Haffar ( ar, لطفي الحفار) (18 February 1885 – 4 February 1968) was a Syrian businessman and politician. He was a founding member of the National Bloc and served as 11th Prime Minister of Syria in 1939. Early career Al-Haff ...

Mohammad al-Hussein Mohammad al-Hussein ( ar, محمد الحسين) is a Syrian economist and politician who is a member of the Ba'ath Party. He served in different cabinet positions. Education Hussein holds a PhD in economy, which he received from a university in ...

Abdul Halim Khaddam Abdul Halim Khaddam ( ; ar, عبد الحليم خدام; 15 September 1932 – 31 March 2020) was a Syrian politician who was Vice President of Syria and "High Commissioner" to Lebanon from 1984 to 2005. He was long known as a loyalist of Hafez ...

Qadri Jamil Qadri Jamil ( ar, قدري جميل) is a Syrian politician, media editor and economist. He is one of the top leaders of the People's Will Party and the Popular Front for Change and Liberation,Walid Muallem Walid Mohi Edine al Muallem ( ar, وليد محيي الدين المعلم ''Walīd Muḥīyy ad-Dīn al-Muʿallam''; 13 January 194116 November 2020) was a Syrian diplomat and Ba'ath Party member who served as foreign minister from 2006 to 202 ...

Abd al-Qadir Qaddura Abd al-Qadir Qaddura ( ar, عبد القادر قدورة) was a Syrian politician who was a leading member of the Syria-based wing of the Ba'ath Party, in the era of President Hafez al-Assad (in power 1970–2000). Qaddura served as speaker of th ...

Khalid Raad Khalid Raad ( ar, خالد رعد) is a Syrian liberal economist, technocrat and former deputy prime minister, who was in charge of economic affairs. Career Raad taught courses at Damascus University. He also headed Syria's Free Zones Authority. ...

Farouk al-Sharaa Farouk al-Sharaa ( ar, فاروق الشرع; born 10 December 1938) is a Syrian politician and diplomat. He is one of the most prominent officials in the Syrian government and served as foreign minister of Syria from 1984 until 2006 when he bec ...

Mustafa Tlass Mustafa Abdul Qadir Tlass ( ar, مُصْطَفَى عَبْد الْقَادِر طَلَاس, Musṭafā ʿAbd al-Qādir Ṭalās; 11 May 1932 – 27 June 2017) was a Syrian senior military officer and politician who was Syria's minister of defe ...

Salim Yasin Salim Yasin ( ar, سليم سعيد ياسين; 10 October 1937 – 6 March 2016) was a Syrian economist, academic and former deputy prime minister for economic affairs. Early life and education Yasin was born in Latakia on 10 October 1937. He r ...

List of deputy prime ministers

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