Third Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government
The Third Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from May to October 1964. The Cabinet of Syria lead by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar. This government was the 62th since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918.[1]
Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government | |
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| Cabinet of the Syrian Arab Republic | |
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| Date formed | 14 May 1963 |
| Date dissolved | 3 October 1963 |
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| Head of state | Amin al-Hafiz (As President of the NCRC) |
| Head of government | Salah al-Din al-Bitar |
| Member party | Ba'ath Party |
| History | |
| Predecessor | First Amin al-Hafiz Government |
| Successor | Second Amin al-Hafiz Government |
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It was formed on May 14, 1963, by Decree No. 781 issued by the NCRC and dissolved on October 3, 1963 The cabinet was composed of Ba'athists and unionist independents.[2] Bitar's third cabinet was the first in Syria's history which the Ba'athists controlled the government.[2]
Ministers
- Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Prime Minister and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Dr. Nur al-Din al-Atassi, Minister of Interior
- Mustafa al-Shamaa, Minister of Finance
- Major General Mamdouh Jaber, Minister of Defense
- Mazhar al-Anbari, Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf
- Mansur al-Atrash, Minister of Labour
- Dr. Adel Tarbin, Minister of Agriculture
- Shakir al-Faham, Minister of Education
- Dr. George Tohme, Minister of Economy
- Dr. Sami al-Jundi, Minister of Information and Minister of Culture
- Major General Ghassan Haddad, Minister of Planning
- Salih al-Mahamid, Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
- Mahmud Jayush, Minister of Supply
- Ahmed Abu Saleh, Minister of Transport and Minister of Public Works
- Shibli al-Aysami, Minister of Agrarian Reform
- Dr. Ibrahim Makhus, Minister of Health
- Dr. Nur al-Din al-Rifai, Minister of Industry
- Dr. Abd al-Khaliq al-Naqshbandi, Minister of State for NCRC Presidential Affairs
References
Works cited
- Rabinovich, Itamar (1972). Syria Under the Baʻth, 1963–66: The Army Party Symbiosis. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-7065-1266-9.
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