Yusuf Zuayyin | |
Office: | Prime Minister of Syria |
Term Start: | 1 March 1966 |
Term End: | 29 October 1968 |
Predecessor: | Salah al-Din al-Bitar |
Successor: | Nureddin al-Atassi |
President: | Amin al-Hafiz |
Term Start2: | 22 September 1965 |
Term End2: | 21 December 1965 |
Predecessor2: | Amin al-Hafiz |
Successor2: | Salah al-Din al-Bitar |
President2: | Nureddin al-Atassi |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1931 |
Birth Place: | Abu Kamal, Syria |
Death Date: | 10 January 2016 (aged 84) |
Death Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Party: | Ba'ath Party |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Yusuf Zuayyin (; 25 January 1931 - 10 January 2016[1]) was a Syrian politician. A member of the Ba'ath Party, he served as Prime Minister of Syria in 1965 and again from 1966 to 1968. He was born in Abu Kamal.
After the 1970 coup, Zuayyin was arrested on November 13, 1970 and imprisoned for 11 years.[2] He was released in 1981, being allowed to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatment. After his recovery, he lived in Hungary and Sweden.
Zuayyin died after a long illness on 10 January 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden at the age of 84.[3] [4]