First Yusuf Zuayyin Government Explained

Cabinet Name:	First Yusuf Zuayyin Government
Jurisdiction:	the Syrian Arab Republic
Date Formed:	23 September 1965
Date Dissolved:	21 December 1965
Government Head:	Yusuf Zuayyin
Deputy Government Head:	Ibrahim Makhus Abd al-Fatah al-Bushi
State Head:	Amin al-Hafiz
Political Party:	Ba'ath Party
Previous:	Second Amin al-Hafiz Government
Successor:	Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

The First Yusuf Zuayyin Government ruled Syria from September 1965 to December 1965. The Cabinet of Syria led by then-Prime Minister Yusuf Zuayyin. This government was the 72nd since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918.^{[1] [2]} It was formed on 23 September 1965 by Decree No. 2128 and dissolved on 21 December 1965 by Decree No. 2836.

Ministers

• Dr. Yusuf Zuayyin, Prime Minister
• Dr. Ibrahim Makhus, First Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Abd al-Fatah al-Bushi, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
• Muhammad Aid Ashawi, Minister of Interior
• Major General Hamad Ubayd, Minister of Defense
• Hussein Muhanna, Minister of Justice
• Ali Taljbini, Minister of Labour
• Dr. Adel Tarbin, Minister of Agriculture
• Dr. Mustafa Haddad, Minister of Education
• Ibrahim al-Bitar, Minister of Economy
• Suleyman al-Khash, Minister of Information and Minister of Culture
• Col. Muhammad Khair Badawi, Minister of Planning
• Salih al-Mahamid, Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
• Mashur Zaytun, Minister of Supply
• Samih Fakhury, Minister of Transport
• Major General Mahmud Jabir, Minister of Public Works
• Lit. Col. Abd al-Karim al-Jundi, Minister of Agrarian Reform
• Dr. Sadiq Pharaon, Minister of Health
• Hisham al-Aas, Minister of Industry
• Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, Minister of Awqaf
• Talib al-Walid, Minister for Presidential Affairs

References

1. http://www.pministry.gov.sy/contents/12419/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81-%D8%B2%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86---%D9%85%D9%86--23-%D8%A3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%80%D9%88%D9%84-1965---27-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-1965- List of Syrian governments
2. Web site: Dr. Yusuf Zu'ayyin from the city of Albu Kamal, a former prime minister of Syria, has passed away in Sweden. en.deirezzor24.net. 11 January 2016. 13 January 2016. 13 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160113093136/http://en.deirezzor24.net/dr-yusuf-zuayyin-from-the-city-of-albu-kamal-a-former-prime-minister-of-syria-has-passed-away-in-sweden/. dead.