List of governors of Damascus

Governor of Damascus
The seal of Damascus Governorate.
Incumbent Maher Marwan since 15 December 2024
Style	His Excellency
Appointer	President of Syria
Term length	No term limits
Inaugural holder	Aladdin Al-Droubi
Formation	1918
Website	damascus.gov.sy

The following is a list of governors of Damascus city and governorate since 1918. ^[1]

List of officeholders (1918–present)

Person	Name in Arabic	Time as mayor
Aladdin Al-Droubi	علاء الدين الدروبي	1918 - 1920
Nawras al-Kilani	نورس الكيلاني	6 June 1925 - August 1926
Aref al-Khatib	عارف الخطيب	September 1926
Bahij al-Khatib	بهيج الخطيب	6 February 1936 - 2 March 1936
Tawfiq al-Hayani	توفيق الحياني	2 March 1936 - 1937
Fayez al-Shehabi	فايز الشهابي	1937 - 19 June 1940
Sofouh al-Azm	صفوح العظم	19 June 1940 - February 1942
Husni al-Barazi	حسني البرازي	February 1942 - April 1942
Aref al-Hamzawi	عارف الحمزاوي	April 1942 - December 1944
Mazhar al-Bakri	مظهر البكري	December 1944 - November 1946
Nabih al-Azma	نبيه العظمة	November 1946 - December 1946
Behjat Shehabi	بهجت شهابي	December 1946 - April 1949
Khalil Refaat	خليل رفعت	April 1949
Abdel Hamid Mardini	عبد الحميد مارديني	April 1949 - 15 October 1949
Sayed al-Yousef	سيد اليوسف	March 1950 - 26 January 1951
Rashad Jabri	رشاد جبري	1951 - 1952
Nasuh al-Ayyubi	نصوح الأيوبي	1952 - 1954
Abdel Hamid Mardini	عبد الحميد مارديني	February 1954 - April 1954
Ismail Qoli	اسماعيل قلي	April 1954 - September 1954
Mustafa Malik Noor Allah	مصطفى مالك نور الله	1954
Mokhtar Diab	مختار دياب	1954 - 1957
Bashir al-Qudmani	بشير القضماني	1957 - 1960
Abdul Salam Termanini	عبد السلام ترمانيني	1961
Majed al-Ghazi	ماجد الغازي	1961 - May 1962
Ibrahim al-Hamzawi	ابراهيم الحمزاوي	May 1962 - April 1963
Abd al-Rahman al-Mardini	عبد الرحمن المارديني	April 1963 - May 1964
Sufouh as-Sawwaf	صفوح الصواف	July 1964 - April 1966
Muhammad al-Sioufi	محمد السيوفي	November 1967 - February 1969
Muhammad Ali al-Halabi	محمد علي الحلبي	February 1969 - July 1971
Mohammed Yassin Alasta	محمد ياسين الاسطة	January 1972 - December 1974
Farouk al-Hamwi	فاروق الحموي	August 1975 - 1979
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm	عبد الرؤوف الكسم	June 1979 - March 1980
Mohammed al-Sioufi	محمد السيوفي	March 1980 - March 1982
Adnan Quli	عدنان قولي	March 1982 - May 1985
Ghassan al-Halabi	غسان الحلبي	November 1985 - November 1987
Mohammed Amin Abu Al-Shamat	محمد امين ابو الشامات	December 1987 - April 1990
Muhammad Walid Hamamiyeh	محمد وليد حمامية	May 1991 - July 1994
Mohamed Zuhair Tilbi	محمد زهير تغلبي	July 1994 - August 1999
Nabil Nasri	نبيل نصري	August 1999 - February 2001
Ghassan al-Lahham	غسان اللحام	February 2001 - September 2003
Muhammad Bashar al-Mufti	محمد بشار المفتي	22 January 2004 - 26 November 2006
Bishr al-Sabban	بشر الصبان	1 May 2006 - 26 November 2018
Adel al-Olabi [2]	عادل العلبي	26 November 2018 - 20 July 2022
Mohammad Tariq Kreishati [2]	محمد طارق كريشاتي	20 July 2022 - 8 December 2024
Mohammad Yasser Ghazal [3] (acting)	‎محمد ياسر غزال	10 December - 15 December 2024
Maher Marwan [4]	ماهر مروان	15 December 2024 – Present

See also

• Damascus
• History of Damascus
• Timeline of Damascus
• List of governors of Aleppo
• List of governors of Homs

References

1. "List of Damascus governors and mayors". Syrian Modern History (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
2. "President al-Assad issues decrees on appointing new governors for eight Syrian provinces". SANA. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
3. "'A different Syria' will emerge, says de facto governor of Damascus". Reuters. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
4. "How to rebuild a state: The challenge facing Syria's rebels now in power". 2024-12-16. Retrieved 2024-12-29.

External links

• ولاة ورؤساء بلديات دمشق (List of Damascus governors and mayors); (in Arabic)