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there's enough reactions to make a part for it 188.133.19.93 (talk) 15:27, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Should we include the vice president?

@HurricaneEdgar: Should we include the vice president (currently vacant) in the infobox? I just want to perform constructive edits to this article based on the consensus. RyanW1995 (talk) 10:51, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this second?

This may be a complicated one but I did my best.

To ensure clarity, I will refer to the government formed on 10 December 2024—referred to on Wikipedia as the "First Syrian transitional government"—as the "December government.". And the government formed on 29 March 2025—referred to on Wikipedia as the "Second Syrian transitional government"—as the "March government."

It appears that Wikipedia is the only platforms (or one of the few) that refers to the March government as the "Second" transitional government.

Upon reviewing multiple sources, it seems like many described the December government as a "transitional government". However, outlets such as Syria TV ,^[1] CNN,^[2]^[a] and Euronews,^[3]^[b] referred to the March government as "Syria’s first government post-Assad" or "Syria's first transitional government".

Additionally, during the swearing-in ceremony of the March government, display screens at the presidential palace in Damascus featured short biographies of the new ministers.^[4] These biographies described those who had previously served in the December government as having held their roles in a "caretaker government" formed after the fall of the Assad regime (like Abu Qasra, al-Shaibani, Khattab, and al-Bashir himself. It said "حكومة تصريف الأعمال" (English: Caretaker government).

I think "Mohammed al-Bashir caretaker government" or "Al-Bashir caretaker government" serves good to clarify its role. I did not suggest "Mohammed al-Bashir Government" because it may cause confusion with his government in the Syrian Salvation Government.

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References

^ "تعرّف إلى السير الذاتية لوزراء أول حكومة سورية بعد سقوط نظام الأسد" [Learn about the biographies of ministers in Syria's first government after the fall of the Assad regime]. Syria TV (in Arabic). 30 March 2025.
^ "Syria swears in new transitional government months after Assad's removal". CNN. 30 March 2025.
^ "Syria swears in new transitional government on the eve of Eid-al-Fitr". Euronews. 30 March 2025.
^ "محمد يسر برنية وزير المالية.. معلومات عنه" [Mohammed Yusr Barniyeh, Minister of Finance.. Information about him]. Yanba7 (in Arabic). 29 March 2025. Archived from the original on 5 April 2025.

Notes

^ Called the December government as "Interim Government", which if used on Wikipedia may cause confusion with the Syrian Interim Government.
^ Called the December government as "Interim Government", which if used on Wikipedia may cause confusion with the Syrian Interim Government.

- RamiPat (talk) 15:32, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Abo Yemen, HurricaneEdgar, and Panam2014:

I'd value your opinions, also if there's any naming criteria for Wikipedia I may not be aware of.

- RamiPat (talk) 15:45, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How about calling the first one the "Syrian caretaker government" and the current one the "Syrian transitional government"? 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 15:58, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think that'd be more accurate than calling the Bashit government a first transitional government yes RamiPat (talk) 17:55, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "تعرّف إلى السير الذاتية لوزراء أول حكومة سورية بعد سقوط نظام الأسد" [Learn about the biographies of ministers in Syria's first government after the fall of the Assad regime]. Syria TV (in Arabic). 30 March 2025.

[2] "Syria swears in new transitional government months after Assad's removal". CNN. 30 March 2025.

[4] "Syria swears in new transitional government on the eve of Eid-al-Fitr". Euronews. 30 March 2025.

[6] "محمد يسر برنية وزير المالية.. معلومات عنه" [Mohammed Yusr Barniyeh, Minister of Finance.. Information about him]. Yanba7 (in Arabic). 29 March 2025. Archived from the original on 5 April 2025.

[3] Called the December government as "Interim Government", which if used on Wikipedia may cause confusion with the Syrian Interim Government.

[5] Called the December government as "Interim Government", which if used on Wikipedia may cause confusion with the Syrian Interim Government.

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