section_path: Presidency (2025–present)/Appointment
section_name: Appointment
paragraph_text: Appointment
  
  On 29 January 2025, during the Syrian Revolution Victory Conference, Hassan Abdel Ghani, the spokesman of the rebels' Military Operations Command, announced the appointment of al-Sharaa as the president of Syria by the General Command of Syria. Ghani stated that al-Sharaa would govern the country during the transitional period, assume the duties of the president, and represent the nation on the international stage. During the conference, al-Sharaa gave a brief speech, outlining the government's immediate priorities which included: "filling the power vacuum, maintaining civil peace, building state institutions, building and developing the economy and restoring Syria's international and regional standing."