Nureddin al-Atassi
| Nureddin al-Atassi نور الدين الأتاسي |
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| Secretary of the Syrian Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | |
| In office 23 February 1966 – 17 October 1970 |
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| Deputy | Salah Jadid |
| Preceded by | Amin al-Hafiz |
| Succeeded by | Hafez al-Assad |
| Secretary General of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | |
| In office 23 February 1966 – November 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Munif al-Razzaz (head of unitary Ba'ath Party) |
| Succeeded by | Hafez al-Assad |
| President of Syria | |
| In office 25 February 1966 – 17 October 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Amin al-Hafiz |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad al-Khatib |
| Prime Minister of Syria | |
| In office 29 October 1968 – 17 October 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Yusuf Zuaiyin |
| Succeeded by | Hafez al-Assad |
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| Born | 1929 Homs, Syria |
| Died | 3 December 1992 (aged 63) Paris, France |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Religion | Islam |
Noureddin Mohammed 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.
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Early life and education [edit]
Atassi was born in Homs in 1929.[1]
Career [edit]
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 [edit]
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 France to receive medical treatment at the expense of the French government. He arrived Paris on 22 November 1992 and died at a hospital in December 1992.[2]
References [edit]
- ^ "Atassi, Nureddin (Mustafa) al-". Rulers. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ a b c "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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