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Syria

Syria

PartialSovereign state

Syria

Primary executive

Partial
Ahmed al-Sharaa
OriginalMinister Falconer meets Syrian President · Original photo by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office , used under CC BY 4.0. Cropped by HurricaneEdgar . · CC BY · Original

Ahmed al-Sharaa

Head of state Active

Head of State · Principal · De jure

Editorial profile v1

Verified country brief

Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.

completeAug 10, 2026
Executive system
Presidential republic · One primary executive function
Dominant executive office
Head of state
Why this office is primary
During the five-year transition, the constitutional declaration vests executive authority in the President, who appoints ministers and directs the government; there is no separate prime-ministerial office, making the presidency the dominant executive office.

Current policy issues

  1. 1Rebuilding state institutions and national reconstructionPresidency of Syria - state-building and reconstruction priorities
  2. 2Energy and restoration of essential servicesPresidency of Syria - state-building and reconstruction priorities
  3. 3Economic recovery, investment and jobsPresidency of Syria - state-building and reconstruction priorities
  4. 4National unity, security and transitional justiceSyrian Arab News Agency - Constitutional Declaration, Presidency of Syria - state-building and reconstruction priorities

Indexed party landscape

Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.

Partial
Tracked parties
19
Active in source
13
Historical in source
6
parties shown
19
More parties (7)

Elections

Partial

2012 Syrian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

May 7, 2012

Completed

2007 Syrian presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state

May 27, 2007

Completed

2007 Syrian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Apr 22, 2007

Completed

2003 Syrian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Mar 5, 2003

Completed

1998 Syrian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Nov 30, 1998

Completed

1994 Syrian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Aug 24, 1994

Completed

1954 Syrian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Nov 9, 1954

Completed

1953 Syrian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Oct 9, 1953

Completed

1949 Syrian constituent assembly election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Nov 16, 1949

Completed

1947 Syrian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jul 7, 1947

Completed

Candidates

Partial

Sources

11

  1. 1Syrian Arab News Agency PresidencyOFFICIAL-PUBLIC-RECORD · Aug 10, 2026
  2. 2Syrian Arab News Agency - Ahmed al-Sharaa named transitional Presidentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  3. 3Syrian Arab News Agency - Constitutional Declarationcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  4. 4Syrian Arab News Agency - formation of the transitional governmentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  5. 5Syrian Arab News Agency - 2025 People's Assembly electoral processcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  6. 6Syrian Arab News Agency - completed People's Assemblycitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  7. 7Presidency of Syria - state-building and reconstruction prioritiescitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  8. 8Syria official transitional institutionscitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  9. 9WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  10. 10Party FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  11. 11Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Political world map

Western Asia

Israel. Primary executive: Benjamin Netanyahu. Head of state: Isaac Herzog. PartialLebanon. Primary executive: Nawaf Salam. Head of state: Joseph Aoun. PartialPalestinian Territories. Primary executive: —. Head of state: Mahmoud Abbas. PartialJordan. Primary executive: Abdullah II of Jordan. PartialUnited Arab Emirates. Primary executive: Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. PartialQatar. Primary executive: Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. PartialKuwait. Primary executive: Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. PartialIraq. Primary executive: Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi. Head of state: Nizar Mohammed Saeed Amidi. PartialOman. Primary executive: Haitham bin Tarik. ConflictingSyria. Primary executive: Ahmed al-Sharaa. PartialArmenia. Primary executive: Nikol Pashinyan. Head of state: Vahagn Khachatryan. PartialTürkiye. Primary executive: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. ConflictingAzerbaijan. Primary executive: Ilham Aliyev. PartialGeorgia. Primary executive: Irakli Kobakhidze. Head of state: Mikheil Kavelashvili. PartialYemen. Primary executive: Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi. PartialSaudi Arabia. Primary executive: Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. ConflictingCyprus. Primary executive: Nicos Christodoulides. Conflicting
SyriaPrimary executive: Ahmed al-SharaaPartial
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Listed without map geometry (1)

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