Provisional Syrian Constitution of 1961

Provisional Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic
Overview
Original title	الدستور المؤقت للجمهورية العربية السورية
Jurisdiction	Second Syrian Republic
Presented	November 12, 1961 (1961-11-12)
Ratified	December 5, 1961 (1961-12-05)
Date effective	December 5, 1961 (1961-12-05)
System	Transitional
Government structure
Branches	Three (executive, legislative and judiciary)
Head of state	President
Chambers	Unicameral (Constituent and Parliamentary Assembly)
Executive	President-led Council of Ministers responsible to the Chamber of Deputies; Prime Minister as head of government
Judiciary	Judiciary of Syria
Federalism	Unitary
First legislature	December 12, 1961 (1961-12-12)
Repealed	September 13, 1962 (1962-09-13)
Supersedes	Provisional Constitution of the UAR
Superseded by	Constitution of 1962
Full text
Provisional Constitution of Syria (1961) at Wikisource
الدستور المؤقت للجمهورية العربية السورية at Arabic Wikisource

The Syrian Provisional Constitution of 1961 was adopted following the 1961 coup and Syria's seccession from the United Arab Republic. ^[1] Consisting of only eight articles, the provisional constitution sought to temporarily organise the political system in Syria until the adoption a permanent constitution by the Constituent and Parliamentary Assembly. ^[2] The Provisional Constitution is the first constitutional document to adopt the Syrian Arab Republic as Syria's official name instead of the Syrian Republic, the pre-1958 name.

References

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2. السوري, مجلس الشعب. "الدستور المؤقت للجمهورية العربية السورية بعد الانفصال 1961". مجلس الشعب السوري. Archived from the original on 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2025-12-12.