The Second Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from May to August 1963. The Cabinet of Syria was led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar.[1] This government was the 61st since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918.[2]
Second Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government | |
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 Cabinet of the Syrian Arab Republic | |
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| Date formed | 13 May 1963 |
| Date dissolved | 4 August 1963 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Lu'ay al-Atassi (until 27 July) Amin al-Hafiz (from 27 July) (As Presidents of the NCRC) |
| Head of government | Salah al-Din al-Bitar |
| Deputy head of government | Amin al-Hafiz |
| Member party | Ba'ath Party |
| History | |
| Predecessor | First Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government |
| Successor | Third Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government |
It was formed on May 13, 1963, by Decree No. 304 issued by the NCRC and dissolved by Decree No. 780 on August 4, 1963. Bitar's second cabinet was composed largely of Ba'athists and independents, however, six ministerial portfolios were left vacant for a possible reconciliation with the Nasserites.[3]
Ministers
edit- Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
- General Amin al-Hafiz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior
- Mustafa al-Shamaa, Minister of Finance
- Major General Ziad al-Hariri, Minister of Defense
- Mazhar al-Sharbaji, Minister of Justice
- Mansur al-Atrash, Minister of Labour and Minister of Industry
- Dr. Adel Tarbin, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Supply
- Shibli al-Aysami, Minister of Education and Minister of Agrarian Reform
- Dr. George Tohme, Minister of Economy
- Dr. Sami al-Jundi, Minister of Information and Minister of Culture
- Major General Ghassan Haddad, Minister of Planning
- Talib al-Walid, Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
- Ahmed Abu Saleh, Minister of Transport and Minister of Public Works
- Dr. Abd al-Razzaq al-Shaqqi, Minister of Health
- Abdul Rahman al-Tabbaa, Minister of Awqaf
- Dr. Abd al-Khaliq al-Naqshbandi, Minister of State for NCRC Presidential Affairs
References
edit- ^ وزارة السيد صلاح الدين البيطار (من 9 آذار 1963 - 11 أيـار 1963) Archived 2019-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ List of Syrian governments
- ^ Rabinovich 1972, p. 65.
Works cited
edit- Rabinovich, Itamar (1972). Syria Under the Baʻth, 1963–66: The Army Party Symbiosis. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-7065-1266-9.