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2009-JAN-07
Polity Timeline
SYRIA
Flag or logo changes:
1900-01-01:
Region of Ottoman Syria : OTTOMAN LEVANT
(Aleppo)
- OTTOMAN LEVANT
1918-09-30:
United Kingdom of SYRIA [State of Syria]
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1920-03-08:
United Kingdom of SYRIA [Arab Kingdom of Greater Syria]
(Damascus)
- GREATER SYRIA
1920-07-24:
Kingdom of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Aleppo)
- EASTERN SYRIA
1920-08-04:
French Mandate of SYRIA [French Protectorate]
(Aleppo)
- FRENCH SYRIA
1920-12-01:
Autonomous State of DAMASCUS
(Damascus)
- DAMASCUS
1922-06-28:
Union of SYRIAN STATES [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Homs
a
+ Aleppo
a
+ Damascus
a
)
- SYRIAN STATES
1924-12-01:
State of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Homs)
- SYRIA
1925-01-26:
State of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1930-05-14:
State of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1932-06-11:
SYRIAN Republic [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1958-04-08:
SYRIAN Arab State
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1961-09-28:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1963-03-08:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1972-01-01:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1980-03-29:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
Emblem or Symbol changes:
1900-01-01:
Region of Ottoman Syria : OTTOMAN LEVANT
(Aleppo)
- OTTOMAN LEVANT
1918-09-30:
United Kingdom of SYRIA [State of Syria]
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1920-03-08:
United Kingdom of SYRIA [Arab Kingdom of Greater Syria]
(Damascus)
- GREATER SYRIA
1920-07-24:
Kingdom of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Aleppo)
- EASTERN SYRIA
1920-12-01:
Autonomous State of DAMASCUS
(Damascus)
- DAMASCUS
1922-06-28:
Union of SYRIAN STATES [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Homs
a
+ Aleppo
a
+ Damascus
a
)
- SYRIAN STATES
1932-06-11:
SYRIAN Republic [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1945-02-18:
SYRIAN Republic [Self-declared independence under British Military Administration of the French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1958-04-08:
SYRIAN Arab State
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1961-09-28:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1969-02-10:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1972-01-01:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
1980-06-17:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
- SYRIA
Sovereignty changes:
1900-01-01:
OTTOMAN TURKEY
1918-09-30:
HEJAZ
+
SYRIA
+
1918-10-01:
HEJAZ
+
SYRIA
+
UNITED KINGDOM
+
1918-10-25:
HEJAZ
+
SYRIA
+
1920-07-24:
FRANCE
+
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
+
1926-09-01:
FRANCE
+
LEVANT STATES
+
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
+
1932-06-11:
FRANCE
+
LEVANT STATES
+
SYRIA
+
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
+
1940-06-22:
FRANCE
+
LEVANT STATES
+
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
+
SYRIA
+
1941-06-15:
FRENCH STATE
+
LEVANT STATES
+
SYRIA
+
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
+
1941-06-21:
FREE FRANCE
+
SYRIA
+
UNITED KINGDOM
+
1941-07-15:
FREE FRANCE
+
LEVANT STATES
+
SYRIA
+
UNITED KINGDOM
+
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
+
1944-01-01:
FREE FRANCE
+
SYRIA
+
UNITED KINGDOM
+
1946-04-16:
FRANCE
+
SYRIA
+
1946-04-17:
SYRIA
1958-02-22:
UNITED ARAB
1958-03-08:
UNITED ARAB
+
UNITED ARAB STATES
+
1961-09-28:
SYRIA
1976-08-01:
EGYPT AND SYRIA
+
SYRIA
+
1977-03-02:
SYRIA
2011-12-19:
SYRIA
+
ARAB LEAGUE
+
2012-01-28:
SYRIA
2012-04-21:
SYRIA
+
UNITED NATIONS
+
2012-08-20:
SYRIA
2015-09-30:
RUSSIA
+
SYRIA
+
Capital Local Name changes:
1900-01-01:
Ḥaleb
1918-09-30:
Dimashq Ash-Sham
1920-07-24:
Alep
1920-12-01:
Damas
1922-06-28:
Homs + Alep + Damas
1923-09-29:
Homs
1925-01-01:
Damas
1925-10-18:
Homs
1926-04-01:
Damas
1946-04-17:
Dimashq Ash-Sham
Local Name of Country changes:
1900-01-01:
OSMANLI ŞAM
1918-09-30:
SURIYYA
1920-07-24:
SYRIE
1920-07-28:
SYRIE-FRANÇAISE
1920-12-01:
DAMAS
1922-06-28:
ÉTATS-SYRIENS
1923-09-29:
SYRIE
1946-04-17:
SŪRIYYAH
1958-10-07:
SHAMAL-BILĀD ASH-SHĀM
1961-08-17:
shamal-bilād ash-shām
1961-09-28:
SŪRIYYAH
Status changes:
1900-01-01:
Region of Ottoman Syria : OTTOMAN LEVANT
1918-09-30:
United Kingdom of SYRIA [State of Syria]
1918-10-03:
United Kingdom of SYRIA
1918-10-25:
Interior Arab State of the United Kingdom of SYRIA
1919-11-22:
Arab State of the United Kingdom of SYRIA
1920-03-08:
United Kingdom of SYRIA [Arab Kingdom of Greater Syria]
1920-07-21:
Arab Kingdom of SYRIA
1920-07-24:
Kingdom of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
1920-07-28:
French Mandate of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
1920-08-04:
French Mandate of SYRIA [French Protectorate]
1920-12-01:
Autonomous State of DAMASCUS
1922-06-28:
Union of SYRIAN STATES [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
1923-09-29:
SYRIAN Federation [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
1924-12-01:
State of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
1931-11-19:
SYRIAN Republic [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
1939-07-19:
State of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
1941-06-21:
State of SYRIA [British Military Administration of the French Free Protectorate]
1941-09-16:
SYRIAN Republic [British Military Administration of the League of Nations Mandate under Free French Protectorate]
1944-01-01:
SYRIAN Republic [Self-declared independence under British Military Administration of the Free French Protectorate]
1944-08-25:
SYRIAN Republic [Self-declared independence under British Military Administration of the French Protectorate]
1946-04-16:
SYRIAN Republic [Self-declared independence]
1946-04-17:
SYRIAN Republic
1949-08-14:
SYRIAN Republic [Supreme Military Council]
1949-08-15:
SYRIAN Republic
1951-12-02:
SYRIAN Republic [Supreme Military Council]
1951-12-03:
SYRIAN Republic
1958-02-22:
SYRIAN Arab State
1958-10-07:
Council of the NORTHERN REGION [Syrian Region]
1961-08-17:
SYRIAN Region
1961-09-28:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
1963-03-09:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR [National Revolutionary Command Council]
1964-05-13:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR [Presidential Council]
1966-02-24:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
2011-12-19:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR [Arab League´s Observer Mission in Syria-ALOMS]
2012-01-28:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
2012-04-21:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR [United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria-UNSMIS]
2012-08-20:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
2015-09-30:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR [Russian Military Assistance]
Ruler changes:
1918-09-30:
United Kingdom of SYRIA [State of Syria]
(Damascus)
-
Prince Muhammad Said al-Jazairi
(Muhammad Sa´id al-Jaza´iri)
1918-10-01:
United Kingdom of SYRIA [State of Syria]
(Damascus)
-
PM Ali Rida Pasha Al-Rikabi
(Ali Rida Basha ar-Rikabi)
1918-10-05:
United Kingdom of SYRIA
(Damascus)
-
Emir Faysal bin Hussein al-Hashemi
(Amir Faysal ibn al-Hussein al-Hashimi)
1920-03-08:
United Kingdom of SYRIA [Arab Kingdom of Greater Syria]
(Damascus)
-
King Faysal bin Hussein al-Hashemi
(Malik Faysal ibn al-Hussein al-Hashimi)
1920-07-24:
Kingdom of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Aleppo)
-
King Faysal bin Hussein al-Hashemi
(Malik Faysal ibn al-Hussein al-Hashimi)
1920-07-28:
French Mandate of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Aleppo)
-
Ala ad-Din ad-Durubi Basha
(`Alâ´ ad-Dîn ad-Durubi Basha)
1920-08-22:
French Mandate of SYRIA [French Protectorate]
(Aleppo)
-
()
1920-09-04:
French Mandate of SYRIA [French Protectorate]
(Aleppo)
-
Jamil al-Ulshi
(Jamil al-Ulchi)
1920-12-01:
Autonomous State of DAMASCUS
(Damascus)
-
()
1922-06-28:
Union of SYRIAN STATES [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Homs
a
+ Aleppo
a
+ Damascus
a
)
-
Subhi Barakat
(Subhi Bay Barakat al-Khalidi)
1925-12-22:
State of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Homs)
-
FR
(FR)
1926-02-09:
State of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Homs)
-
Francois Pierre-Alype
(Marie François Julien Pierre-Alype)
1926-02-28:
State of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Homs)
-
Damad-i Shahriyari Ahmad Nami Bay
(Damad-i Shahriyari Ahmad Nami Bay)
1928-02-15:
State of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
-
Shaykh Taj ad-Din al-Hasani
(Shaykh Taj ad-Din al-Hasani)
1931-11-19:
SYRIAN Republic [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
-
Leon Solomiac
(Léon Solomiac)
1932-06-11:
SYRIAN Republic [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
-
President Muhammad Ali Bay al-Abid
(Rais Muhammad ´Ali Bay al-´Abid)
1936-12-21:
SYRIAN Republic [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
-
President Hashim al-Atassi
(Rais Hashim Khalid al-Atassi)
1939-07-07:
SYRIAN Republic [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
-
Nasuhi Salim al-Bukhari
(Nasuhi Salim al-Bukhari)
1939-07-10:
SYRIAN Republic [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
-
Bahij Bey al-Khatib
(Bahij ad-Din al-Khatib)
1941-04-04:
State of SYRIA [League of Nations Mandate under French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
-
Khalid al-Azm
(Khalid al-Azm)
1941-09-16:
SYRIAN Republic [British Military Administration of the League of Nations Mandate under Free French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
-
President Shaykh Taj ad-Din al-Hasani
(Rais Shaykh Taj ad-Din al-Hasani)
1943-01-17:
SYRIAN Republic [British Military Administration of the League of Nations Mandate under Free French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
-
Jamil al-Ulshi
(Jamil al-Ulshi)
1943-03-25:
SYRIAN Republic [British Military Administration of the League of Nations Mandate under Free French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
-
Ata Bay al-Ayyubi
(Ata´ Bay al-Ayyubi)
1943-08-17:
SYRIAN Republic [British Military Administration of the League of Nations Mandate under Free French Protectorate]
(Damascus)
-
President Shukri al-Kuwatli
(Rais Shukri al-Kuwatli)
1949-03-30:
SYRIAN Republic
(Damascus)
-
President Husni az-Zaim
(Rais Husni az-Zaim)
1949-08-14:
SYRIAN Republic [Supreme Military Council]
(Damascus)
-
Muhammad Sami Hilmi al-Hinnawi
(Muhammad Sami Hilmi al-Hinnawi)
1949-08-15:
SYRIAN Republic
(Damascus)
-
Hashim al-Atassi
(Hashim Khalid al-Atassi)
1951-12-02:
SYRIAN Republic [Supreme Military Council]
(Damascus)
-
Adib Shishakli
(Adib ash-Shishakli)
1951-12-03:
SYRIAN Republic
(Damascus)
-
Fawzi al-Selu
(Fawzi as-Silu)
1953-07-11:
SYRIAN Republic
(Damascus)
-
President Adib Shishakli
(Rais Adib ash-Shishakli)
1954-02-26:
SYRIAN Republic
(Damascus)
-
Maamun al-Kuzbari
(Maamun al-Kuzbari)
1954-02-28:
SYRIAN Republic
(Damascus)
-
President Hashim al-Atassi
(Rais Hashim Khalid al-Atassi)
1955-09-06:
SYRIAN Republic
(Damascus)
-
President Shukri al-Kuwatli
(Rais Shukri al-Kuwatli)
1958-02-22:
SYRIAN Arab State
(Damascus)
-
()
1961-09-28:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
-
Maamun al-Kuzbari
(Maamun al-Kuzbari)
1961-11-20:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
-
Izzat an-Nuss
(Izzat an-Nuss)
1961-12-14:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
-
President Nazim al-Kudsi
(Rais Nazim al-Qudsi)
1963-03-09:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR [National Revolutionary Command Council]
(Damascus)
-
Luai al-Atassi
(Louai al-Atassi)
1963-07-27:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR [National Revolutionary Command Council]
(Damascus)
-
Muhammad Amin al-Hafez
(Muhammad Amin al-Hafiz)
1966-02-25:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
-
Nureddin al-Atassi
(Ahmad Nureddin bin Muhammad Mustafa Ali al-Atassi)
1970-11-18:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
-
Sidi Ahmed al-Khatib
(Sayyid Ahmad al-Hasan al-Khatib)
1971-02-22:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
-
President Hafez Al-Assad
(Rais Hafiz Ali Sulayman al-Assad)
2000-06-10:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
-
Abdul-Halim Khaddam
(Abdul-Halim Khaddam)
2000-07-17:
Syrian Arab Republic : SAR
(Damascus)
-
President Bashar Al-Assad
(Rais Bashar al-Assad)