Nureddin al-Atassi
Nureddin al-Atassi | |
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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 – 18 November 1970 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 – 18 November 1970 |
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In office 5 September 1963 – 19 December 1965 |
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| 17th President of Syria | |
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In office 25 February 1966 – 18 November 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Amin al-Hafiz |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad al-Khatib (acting) |
| 54th Prime Minister of Syria | |
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In office 29 October 1968 – 18 November 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Yusuf Zuayyin |
| Succeeded by | Hafez al-Assad |
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| Born | 11 January 1929 Homs, State of Syria |
| Died | 3 December 1992 (aged 63) Paris, France |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
Noureddin Mustafa Ali al-Atassi (Arabic: نور الدين مصطفى الأتاسي, romanized: Nūr ad-Dīn Muṣṭafā al-'Atasī, 11 January 1929 – 3 December 1992) 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 Atassi family.
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. A longtime ideologue of the powerful Ba'ath Party Atassi became its General Secretary as well as President of the Republic in 1966. 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.
Arrest and death
Along with other members of the government, al-Atassi was put under arrest without trial following the coup of 1970. Then he was transferred to the Mezzeh prison in Damascus where he lived from 1970 to 1992. 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.