State · 1963 – 2024
Ba'athist Syria
A state of 1963 – 2024 — 61 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Second Syrian Republic. It was replaced by Syria. The atlas records 2 things within it — regime change 1 · people 1. Its line of rulers holds 11 people, 10 with dated terms.
- Wikidata's English label: Syrian Arab Republic.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 61 years
- 1963 – 2024
- Rulers
- 11
- the President
- Within it
- 2
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Second Syrian Republic · replaces · 1930 – 1958
After it
- Syria · replaced by · 1920 – present
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
9 terms are shared from [object Object].
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Izzat al-Nuss · from the line of Syria | 1961 – 1961 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Maamun al-Kuzbari · from the line of Syria | 1961 – 1961 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Nazim al-Qudsi · from the line of Syria | 1961 – 1963 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Lu'ay al-Atassi | 1963 – 1963 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Amin al-Hafiz · from the line of Syria | 1963 – 1966 | 3 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Nureddin al-Atassi · from the line of Syria | 1966 – 1970 | 4 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Ahmad al-Khatib · from the line of Syria | 1970 – 1971 | 1 year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Hafez al-Assad · from the line of Syria | 1971 – 2000 | 29 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Abdul Halim Khaddam · from the line of Syria | 2000 – 2000 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Bashar al-Assad | 2000 – 2024 | 24 years | ending not on record |
11 rulers, 10 with terms dated as terms, covering 1961 – 2024. Median reign 1.5 years. 3 of 9 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
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flag, undatedFlag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024) · Public domain .svg/120px-Emblem_of_Syria_(1980%E2%80%932024).svg.png)
coat of arms, undatedEmblem of Syria (1980–2024) · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19992 rows · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Hafez al-Assad · ruler · 1930 – 2000
- 1970 Syrian coup d'etat · adverse regime change · 1970
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood61 years
stood longer than 37% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median2 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 5% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record11
has more rulers on record than 83% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 4 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1953 – 2034, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1994, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q131404661 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.