Nur al-Din Kahala explained

Birth Date:1908
Birth Place:Homs, Ottoman Syria
Death Place:Damascus, Syria
Office:Chairman of the Executive Council of the Northern Region of the United Arab Republic
Primeminister:Gamal Abdel Nasser
Term Start:7 October 1958
Term End:20 September 1960
Predecessor:Sabri al-Asali
Successor:Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj
Nationality:Syrian
Native Name Lang:ar

Nur al-Din Kahala (Arabic: نور الدين كحالة; also known as Nureddin Kahalle; 1908–1965) was a Syrian politician during the United Arab Republic (UAR) period (1958–1961). Prior to the UAR period, he served as a minor government bureaucrat.[1]

Biography

Kahala graduated from Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey.[2] Then he received engineering training in the United States.[3] He represented Syria in the first meeting of the United Nations held in San Francisco, USA, in March 1945.[2]

Kahala was initially appointed the President of the Northern Region (Syria) Executive Council, but on 19 July 1960, President Gamal Abdel Nasser appointed him as vice president in place of Akram al-Hawrani. He served alongside vice presidents Abdel Hakim Amer and Abdel Latif Boghdadi. On 20 September 1960 he was appointed the additional post of planning minister.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Etzioni, 2001, p. 127.
  2. Ali Erken. The making of politics and trained intelligence in the Near East: Robert College of Istanbul. European Review of History. 2016. 23. 3. 562. 10.1080/13507486.2015.1131249. 147506101 .
  3. Etzioni, 2001, p. 127.
  4. Book: Yitzhak Oron. Middle East Record 1960. George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited. 1. London. 1960. 500. 5 October 2016. 19 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221119211901/https://books.google.com/books?id=0LooyExir7EC&pg=PA500. live.