Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government explained
The Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from January to February 1966. The Cabinet of Syria led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar. This government was the 73rd since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918.[1]
It was formed on January 1, 1966, and abruptly dissolved on February 23, 1966. This government was overthrown between 21 and 23 February 1966 in a coup d'état. The ruling National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party were removed from power by a union of a regionalists led by Salah Jadid.[2]
Ministers
- Dr. Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Prime Minister and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Dr. Adnan Shuman, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Labour
- Rais al-Farhan al-Fayyad, Deputy Prime Minister for Peninsula and Euphrates Affairs
- Muwaffaq al-Sharbaji, Minister of Finance
- Fahmy al-Ashuri, Minister of Interior
- Major General Muhammad Umran, Minister of Defense
- Dr. Muhammad al-Fadil, Minister of Justice
- Jamil Thabit, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour
- Dr. Salah Wazzan, Minister of Agriculture
- Dr. Abdullah Abd al-Dayim, Minister of Education
- Dr. Kamal Hosni, Minister of Economy
- Shakir Mustafa, Minister of Information
- Dr. Abd al-Wahhab Khayatah, Minister of Planning
- Mahmud Tijar, Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
- Kamal Shahadih, Minister of Supply
- Dr. Ahmed Badr al-Din, Minister of Transport
- Samih Fakhury, Minister of Public Works
- Jamil Haddad, Minister of Agrarian Reform
- Dr. Hanin Sayyaj, Minister of Health
- Hisham al-Aas, Minister of Industry
- Asaad Darqawi, Minister of Culture
- Mahmoud Arab Said, Minister of Awqaf
- Major General Mahmud Jabir, Minister for Presidential Affairs
- Bashir Qutb, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
- Yusuf Khabbaz, Minister of State Governance and Tourism
- Nazzal Diri, Minister of State for Peninsula and Euphrates Affairs
References
Works cited
- Book: Rabinovich, Itamar . Syria Under the Baʻth, 1963–66: The Army Party Symbiosis . Transaction Publishers . 1972 . 0-7065-1266-9.
Notes and References
- http://www.pministry.gov.sy/contents/12420/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1---%D9%85%D9%86--1-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-1966---23-%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7-1966- List of Syrian governments pministry.gov.sy
- News: 1993-08-24 . Salah Jadid, 63, Leader of Syria Deposed and Imprisoned by Assad (Published 1993) . en-US . The New York Times . Associated Press . 2021-02-23 . 0362-4331.