Syria
Parliament is unicameral and is located in Damascus.
The People's Council has 250 members, who are elected to five-year terms by popular vote.
Presidents
1943-1949 Shukri al-Quuwwathi
1949-1949 Husni az-Zaim
1949-1951 Hashim al-Atasi
1951-1954 Adib Shishaqli
1954-1955 Hashim al-Atasi
1955-1958 Shukri al-Quuwwathi
1958-1961 (Part of the United Arab Republic)
1961-1963 Nazim al-Qudai
1963-1963 Luai al-Atassi
1963-1966 Amin al-Hafiz
1966-1970 Nureddin al-Hatassi
1970-1971 Ahmad al-Khatib
1971-2000 Hafez al-Assad
2000-2000 Abdul-Halim Khaddam (acting)
2000 now Baschar el Assad
Prime Ministers
1946-1948 Jamil Mardam Bey
1948-1949 Khalid al-Azm
1949-1949 Husni az-Zaim
1949-1949 Muhai al-Barazi
1949-1949 Nazim al-Qudsi
1949-1950 Khalid al-Azm
1950-1951 Nazim al-Qudsi
1951-1951 Khalid al-Azm
1951-1951 Hassan al-Hakim
1951-1951 Maruf ad-Dawalibi
1951-1953 Fauzi as Salu
1953-1954 Adib Shishaqli
1954-1954 Shewget Shewquair
1954-1954 Sabri al-Asali
1954-1954 Said al-Ghazzi
1954-1955 Faris al-Khuri
1955-1955 Sabri al-Asali
1955-1956 Said al-Ghazzi
1956-1958 Sabri al-Asali
1958-1961 (Part of the United Arab Republic)
1961-1961 Abd al-Hamid as-Sarraj
1961-1961 Mamun Kuzbari
1961-1961 Izzat an-Nuss
1961-1962 Maruf ad-Dawalibi
1962-1962 Bashir Azmah
1962-1963 Khalid al-Azm
1963-1963 Salah ad-Din al-Bitaar
1963-1963 Sami al-Jundi
1963-1963 Salah ad-Din al-Bitaar
1963-1964 Amin al-Hafez
1964-1964 Salah ad-Din al-Bitaar
1964-1965 Amin al-Hafez
1965-1965 Yousif Zeayen
1966-1966 Salah ad-Din al-Bitaar
1966-1968 Yousif Zeayen
1968-1970 Nureddin al-Atassi (Acting)
1970-1971 Hafez al-Assad
1971-1972 Abdel Rahman Khleifawi
1972-1976 Mahmoud bin Saleh al-Ayoubi
1976-1978 Abdel Rahman Khleifawi
1978-1980 Mohammed Ali al-Halabi
1980-1987 Abdel Rauof al-Kasm
1987-2000 Mahmoud Zubi
2000 now Mohammed Miro
