First Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government explained

Cabinet Name:	First Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government
Jurisdiction:	the Syrian Arab Republic
Date Formed:	9 March 1963
Date Dissolved:	13 May 1963
Government Head:	Salah al-Din al-Bitar Sami al-Jundi (interim)
Deputy Government Head:	Nihad al-Qasim
State Head:	Lu'ay al-Atassi (As President of the NCRC)
Political Party:	Ba'ath Party
Previous:	Khalid al-Azm Government
Successor:	Second Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

The First Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from March to May 1963. The Cabinet of Syria was led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar.^[1] This government was the 60th since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and the country's first Baathist government.^[2]

It was formed on March 9 by decree of the NCRC one day after the triumph of the 1963 Syrian coup d'état and dissolved two months later. All vital ministries except the defense ministry which was headed by independent Nasserite General Muhammad al-Sufiwere given to Ba'athists.

Ministers

Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Prime Minister and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nihad al-Qasim, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice
Dr. Abd al-Wahhab Humed, Minister of Finance
General Muhammad al-Sufi, Minister of Defense
General Amin al-Hafiz, Minister of Interior
Mansur al-Atrash, Minister of Labour
Dr. Abd al-Halim Sweidan, Minister of Agriculture
Dr. Sami al-Drubi, Minister of Education
Dr. Abd al-Karim Zuhur, Minister of Economy
Jamal al-Atassi, Minister of Information
Darwish al-Alwani, Interim Minister of State
Hani al-Hindi, Minister of Planning
Talib al-Walid, Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
Sami Sufan, Minister of Supply
Jihad Dahi, Minister of Transport
Ahmed Abu Saleh, Minister of Public Works
Shibli al-Aysami, Minister of Agrarian Reform
Dr. Ibrahim Makhus, Minister of Health
Talib Damad, Minister of Industry

References

http://www.pministry.gov.sy/contents/12403/%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--9-%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1-1963---11-%D8%A3%D9%8A%D9%80%D8%A7%D8%B1-1963- وزارة السيد صلاح الدين البيطار (من 9 آذار 1963 - 11 أيـار 1963)
http://www.pministry.gov.sy/contents/12403/%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--9-%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1-1963---11-%D8%A3%D9%8A%D9%80%D8%A7%D8%B1-1963- List of Syrian governments pministry.gov.sy

Works cited

Book: Rabinovich, Itamar . Syria Under the Baʻth, 1963–66: The Army Party Symbiosis . Transaction Publishers . 1972 . 0-7065-1266-9.