Nabih al-Azma explained

Nabih al-Azma
Office:	Minister of Defense
Native Name:	نبيه العظمة
Succeeded:	Ahmad al-Sharabati
Preceded:	Saadallah al-Jabiri
Termstart:	27 April 1946
Termend:	17 June 1946
Birth Date:	1886
Birth Place:	Damascus, Syria
Death Place:	Damascus, Syria

Nabih al-Azma (Arabic: نبيه العظمة‎; 1886 – 1964) was a Syrian politician and the defense minister of Syria in 1946.^[1]

Background

Nabih was born in Damascus in 1886 to a notable family in Damascus and he was the nephew of Yusuf al-'Azma. He studied at the Ottoman Military Academy and graduated in 1917 from Istanbul.

Career

He was elected to the Syrian parliament, and served as defense minister in 1946.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Moubayed, Sami M.. Steel & Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900-2000. 2006. Cune Press. 978-1-885942-40-1. en.
2. Book: Khoury, Philip Shukry. Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945. 2014-07-14. Princeton University Press. 978-1-4008-5839-2. en.