Syria's Sharaa says it will take 4-5 years to hold presidential election

4/2/2025 6:28

Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Monday it would take between four and five years to hold presidential elections, the first time he has laid out a timeline for the vote since he was named transitional president last week.



Sharaa, who headed the Islamist rebel group that led a lightning offensive that toppled autocratic President Bashar al-Assad in early December, was declared transitional president on Jan. 30.



"I estimate that the period will be between four to five years until elections because there is a need for a vast infrastructure, and this infrastructure needs to be

re-established and establishing it needs time," Sharaa told Syria TV in an interview aired on Monday.