Hafez al-Assad government

Hafez al-Assad government
Cabinet of the Syrian Arab Republic
Date formed	21 November 1970
Date dissolved	3 April 1971
People and organisations
President	Ahmad al-Khatib (acting) Hafez al-Assad
Vice President	Vacant Mahmoud al-Ayyubi
Prime Minister	Hafez al-Assad
Deputy Prime Minister	Muhammad Talab Hilal Mahmoud al-Ayyubi Abdul Halim Khaddam
Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria	Ahmad al-Khatib
Member party	Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
History
Predecessor	Nureddin al-Atassi government
Successor	First Abdul Rahman Khleifawi government

Politics of Syria
Member State of the Arab League
Constitution 2025 Interim Constitution Human rights
Executive President (list) Ahmed al-Sharaa Vice President Vacant Prime Minister (list) Mohammed al-Bashir Deputy Prime Minister Vacant
Legislature People's Assembly Speaker: Vacant
Judiciary Supreme Judicial Council Supreme Constitutional Court
Subdivisions Governorates Districts Subdistricts (Nahiyas) Cities Villages
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2007 2014 2021 Next Parliamentary: 2016 2020 2024 Political parties
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister: Asaad al-Shaibani Diplomatic missions of / in Syria Syrian nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy UN resolutions on Syria Status of the Golan Heights Syrian civil war
Other countries
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The Hafez al-Assad Government ruled Syria from 1970 to 1971. The Cabinet of Syria was led by then-Prime Minister Hafez al-Assad.^[1] This government was the 76th since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and was the first during presidency of Ahmad al-Khatib.^[2]

It was formed 21 November 1970 and was dissolved 3 April 1971.^[3]