Ruler · 1895 – 1981

Bahij al-Khatib

Lived 1895 – 1981; politician. President of Syria (Syria), 1939 – 1941; also in the line of First Syrian Republic.

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Lived: 1895 – 1981; 86 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Syria

Syria · the 2nd of 22 dated reigns · 1930 – 2025

Henri Ponsot1930 – 1933

Bahij al-Khatib1939 – 1941

Shukri al-Quwatli1946 – 1949

Husni al-Za'im1949

Sami al-Hinnawi1949

17 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1939 – 1941 · 2 years · came to it aged 44

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1941; they died in 1981

Also in the line of First Syrian Republic (2nd of 6, read from the line of Syria).

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