What is President of Syria?
{{Infobox political post | post = President of Syria | native_name = <small>{{Script/Arabic|رئيس سوريا}}</small> | body = | style = [[Mr. President (title)|Mr President]]<br />{{small|(informal)}}<br />[[Excellency|His Excellency]]<br />{{small|(diplomatic)}} | insignia = Coat of arms of Syria (2024–present) variation goldenrod.svg | insigniacaption = Seal of the President of Syria | insigniasize = 120px | flag = | flagsize = 120px | flagborder = yes | flagcaption = Flag of the President of Syria | image = Ahmed al-Sharaa Jan 2025 (Adjusted Better Version).png | imagesize = 180px | incumbent = [[Ahmed al-Sharaa]]<br>Transitional | incumbentsince = 29 January 2025 | seat = [[Damascus, Syria]] | residence = [[Presidential Palace, Damascus|Presidential Palace]] | deputy = [[Vice President of Syria|Vice President]] | appointer = [[Direct election|Popular vote]] | status = {{ubl|[[Head of state]]|[[Commander-in-chief]]}} | department = [[Government of Syria|Executive branch of the Syrian Government]] | member_of = {{ubl|[[Council of Ministers (Syria)|Council of Ministers]]|[[High Judicial Council]]}} | termlength = | formation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1946|4|17}} | inaugural = [[Subhi Barakat]] ([[Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon|French Mandate]]) <br />[[Shukri al-Quwatli]] (current constitution) | website = }} The '''President of Syria''' is the [[head of state]] of the [[Syria|Syrian Arab Republic]]. He appoints and can fire the [[Prime Minister of Syria|Prime Minister]] and other members of the [[Council of Ministers (Syria)|Council of Ministers]] (the cabinet) and [[Syrian Armed Forces|military officers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/syria/49.htm|title=Syria - The President and the Cabinet|publisher=}}</ref> [[Bashar al-Assad]] was president for twenty-four years until being forced out of office following the success of the [[2024 Syrian opposition offensives]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Syrian rebels say Syria is free of Assad |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/07/syria-