Nureddin al-Atassi
| Nureddin al-Atassi نور الدين الأتاسي | |
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| Secretary General of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | |
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In office March 1966 – 17 November 1970 | |
| Preceded by |
Munif al-Razzaz (head of unitary Ba'ath Party) |
| Succeeded by | Hafez al-Assad |
| Regional Secretary of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
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In office March 1966 – 13 November 1970 | |
| Deputy | Salah Jadid |
| Preceded by |
Amin al-Hafiz (Last Regional Command dissolved in December 1965) |
| Succeeded by | Hafez al-Assad |
| Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
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In office March 1966 – 17 November 1970 | |
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In office 5 September 1963 – 19 December 1965 | |
| President of Syria | |
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In office 25 February 1966 – 17 October 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Amin al-Hafiz |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad al-Khatib |
| Prime Minister of Syria | |
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In office 29 October 1968 – 17 October 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Yusuf Zuayyin |
| Succeeded by | Hafez al-Assad |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1929 Homs, Syria |
| Died |
3 December 1992 (aged 63) Paris, France |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Noureddin Mustafa Ali al-Atassi (1929 – 3 December 1992) (Arabic: نور الدين بن محمد علي الأتاسي Nūr ad-Dīn Muṣṭafā al-'Atasī) was President of Syria from February 1966 to November 1970.
Early life and education
Atassi was born in Homs in 1929 To The Famous Al Attasi Family.[1]
Career
Atassi was a medical doctor by training, and in that capacity aided the Algerian forces against the French in the Algerian War of Independence. Though a long-time ideologue of the powerful Baath Party Atassi became its General Secretary as well as President of the Republic in 1966.[2] He was considered to be largely a ceremonial figurehead, with real power vested in the Deputy General Secretary, Salah Jadid. In 1970, he was deposed along with Salah Jadid in a coup by Hafez al-Assad, his defense minister.[3]
Arrest and death
Atassi was put under house arrest without trial.[4] Then he was transferred to the Mezze military prison in Damascus where he lived from 1970 to 1992.[2] After 22-year imprisonment, he was released and flown to Paris to receive medical treatment in France on 22 November 1992, and died at a hospital in December 1992.[2]
References
- ↑ "Atassi, Nureddin (Mustafa) al-". Rulers. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Nureddin al-Atassi, 63; Former Syria President". The New York Times. p. 27.
- ↑ "Nureddin Atassi; Ex-President of Syria, Toppled in Coup". The Los Angeles Times. 5 December 1992. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ↑ "Further information on medical letter writing action- Syria: Dr Nour al-Din al-Atassi and others". 7 December 1992. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
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