| Hauptstadt | Name: Damascus geographische Koordinaten: 33 30 N, 36 18 E Zeitunterschied: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins midnight on the last Friday in March; ends at midnight on the last Friday in October etymology: Damascus is a very old city; its earliest name, Temeseq, first appears in an Egyptian geographical list of the 15th century B.C., but the meaning is uncertain |
| Unabhängigkeit | 17 April 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration) |
| Nationalfeiertag | Unabhängigkeit (Evacuation Day), 17 April (1946); note - celebrates the leaving of the last French troops and the proclamation of full independence |
| Konstitution | history: several previous; latest issued 15 Februar 2012, passed by referendum and effective 27 Februar 2012 amendments: proposed by the president of the republic or by one third of the People’s Assembly members; following review by a special Assembly committee, passage requires at least three-quarters majority vote by the Assembly and approval by the president (2016) |
| Wahlrecht | 18 Jahre; universal |
| Exekutive | Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Bashar al-ASAD (seit dem 17 July 2000); Vice Staatspräsident Najah al-ATTAR (seit dem 23 March 2006) Regierungschef: Prime Minister Imad Muhammad Dib KHAMIS (seit dem 22 June 2016); Deputy Prime Minister Walid al-MUALEM (seit dem 23 June 2012) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president elections/appointments: president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 3 June 2014 (next to be held in June 2021); the president appoints the vice presidents, prime minister, and deputy prime ministers election results: Bashar al-ASAD elected president; percent of vote - Bashar al-ASAD (Ba'th Party) 88.7%, Hassan al-NOURI (independent) 4.3%, Maher HAJJER (independent) 3.2%, other/invalid 3.8% |
Quelle: CIA World Factbook - Version Dezember 31, 2019
