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Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

The Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from January to February 1966. The Cabinet of Syria led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar. This government was the 73rd since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918.[1]

Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government
Cabinet of the Syrian Arab Republic
Date formed1 January 1966
Date dissolved23 February 1966
People and organisations
Head of stateAmin al-Hafiz
Head of governmentSalah al-Din al-Bitar
Deputy head of governmentAdnan Shuman
Rais al-Farhan al-Fayyad
Member partyBa'ath Party
History
PredecessorFirst Yusuf Zuayyin Government
SuccessorSecond Yusuf Zuayyin Governmentt

It was formed on January 1, 1966, and abruptly dissolved on February 23, 1966. This government was overthrown between 21 and 23 February 1966 in a coup d'état.[2] The ruling National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party were removed from power by a union of a regionalists led by Salah Jadid.[3]

Ministers edit

References edit

  1. ^ List of Syrian governments pministry.gov.sy
  2. ^ Rabinovich 1972.
  3. ^ "Salah Jadid, 63, Leader of Syria Deposed and Imprisoned by Assad (Published 1993)". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1993-08-24. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-23.

Works cited edit

  • Rabinovich, Itamar (1972). Syria Under the Baʻth, 1963–66: The Army Party Symbiosis. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-7065-1266-9.
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