| Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Bashar al-ASAD (seit dem 17 July 2000); Vice Staatspräsidents Abd al-Halim ibn Said KHADDAM (seit dem 11 March 1984) and Muhammad Zuhayr MASHARIQA (seit dem 11 March 1984) Regierungschef: Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa MIRU (seit dem 13 March 2000), Deputy Prime Ministers Lt. Gen. Mustafa TALAS (seit dem 11 March 1984), Farouk al-SHARA (seit dem 13 December 2001), Dr. Muhammad al-HUSAYN (seit dem 13 December 2001) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term; referendum/election last held 10 July 2000 - after the death of Staatspräsident Hafez al-ASAD, father of Bashar al-ASAD - (next to be held NA 2007); vice presidents appointed by the president; prime minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by the president election results: Bashar al-ASAD elected president; percent of vote - Bashar al-ASAD 97.29% note: Hafiz al-ASAD died on 10 June 2000; on 20 June 2000, the Ba'th Party nominated Bashar al-ASAD for president and presented his name to the People's Council on 25 June 2000 |
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Quelle: CIA World Factbook |
