First Lady of Syria
| First Lady of the Syrian Arab Republic السيدة الأولى للجمهورية العربية السورية | |
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Incumbent since 8 December 2024Latifa al-Sharaa | |
| Residence | People's Palace and Tishreen Palace, Damascus |
| Term length | Seven years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Bahira al-Dalati (wife of Shukri al-Quwatli) |
| Formation | 17 August 1943 |
First Lady of Syria (Arabic: السيدة الأولى للجمهورية العربية السورية, romanized: al-Sayyidah al-Ūlá lil-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah al-Sūrīyah) is a title attributed to the spouse of the incumbent president of Syria. From 1971 to 2024, two consecutive first ladies came from the same ruling family, the Assad family.
List of first ladies of Syria
[edit]| Name | Term Begins | Term Ends | Incumbent President |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahira al-Dalati[1] | 17 August 1943 | 30 May 1949 | Shukri al-Quwatli |
| Nouran al-Za'im[2] | 11 April 1949 | 14 August 1949 | Husni al-Za'im |
| none | 14 August 1949 | 15 August 1949 | Sami al-Hinnawi |
| none | 15 August 1949 | 2 December 1951 | Hashim al-Atassi |
| none | 3 December 1951 | 11 July 1953 | Fawzi Selu |
| Fatina al-Fanari[3] | 11 July 1953 | 25 February 1954 | Adib Shishakli |
| none | 28 February 1954 | 6 September 1955 | Hashim al-Atassi |
| Bahira al-Dalati | 6 September 1955 | 22 February 1958 | Shukri al-Quwatli |
| Tahia Kazem (as First Lady of the United Arab Republic) | 22 February 1958 | 14 December 1961 | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Şehire al-Kudsi | 14 December 1961 | 8 March 1963 | Nazim al-Kudsi |
| none | 9 March 1963 | 27 July 1963 | Lu'ay al-Atassi |
| Zeinab al-Hafiz | 27 July 1963 | 23 February 1966 | Amin al-Hafiz |
| Salma al-Hasibi | 25 February 1966 | 18 November 1970 | Nureddin al-Atassi |
| Anisa Makhlouf | 12 March 1971 | 10 June 2000 | Hafez al-Assad |
| Asma al-Assad[4] | 13 December 2000 | 8 December 2024 | Bashar al-Assad |
| Latifa al-Sharaa | 8 December 2024 | Present | Ahmed al-Sharaa |
References
[edit]- ^ "Syrian History - First Lady Bahira al-Dalati visiting New Delhi - 1957=". www.syrianhistory.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Syrian History - Nouran al-Zaim, the First Lady of Syria in March-August 1949". www.syrianhistory.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "The First Ladies of Syria and the US in Damascus - 1953". www.syrianhistory.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Syrian president's mother Anissa Assad dies aged 86". Al Jazeera English. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2019.