First Lady of Syria

First Lady of Syria (Arabic: السيدة الأولى للجمهورية العربية السورية) is a title attributed to the spouse of the incumbent president of Syria (currently Bashar al-Assad). For the past 59 years, two consecutive first ladies have come from the same ruling family, the Al-Assad family.

First Lady of the Syrian Arab Republic
Arabic: السيدة الأولى للجمهورية العربية السورية
Incumbent
Asma al-Assad

since 13 December 2000
ResidencePeople's Palace and Tishreen Palace, Damascus
Term lengthSeven years, renewable once
Inaugural holderBahira al-Dalati (wife of Shukri al-Quwatli)
Formation17 April 1946

List of first ladies of Syria

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
? December 1949 24 December 1951 Hashim al-Atassi
? 3 December 1951 11 July 1953 Fawzi Selu
Fatina al-Fanari 11 July 1953 25 February 1954 Adib Shishakli
? 1 March 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 28 September 1970 Gamal Abdel Nasser
Şehire Al-Kudsi 12 December 1961 7 March 1963 Nazim al-Kudsi
Anisa Makhlouf 12 March 1971 10 June 2000 Hafez al-Assad
Asma al-Assad[3] 13 December 2000 Present Bashar al-Assad
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