Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

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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

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]

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]

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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.