First Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government
Cabinet of the Syrian Arab Republic
Date formed9 March 1963
Date dissolved13 May 1963
People and organisations
Head of stateLu'ay al-Atassi (As President of the NCRC)
Head of governmentSalah al-Din al-Bitar
Sami al-Jundi (interim)
Deputy head of governmentNihad al-Qasim
Member partyBa'ath Party
History
PredecessorKhalid al-Azm Government
SuccessorSecond Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

The First Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from March to May 1963. The Cabinet of Syria was led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar.[1] This government was the 60th since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and the country's first Baathist government.[2]

It was formed on March 9 by decree of the NCRC one day after the triumph of the 1963 Syrian coup d'état and dissolved two months later.[3] All vital ministries except the defense ministry— which was headed by independent Nasserite General Muhammad al-Sufi—were given to Ba'athists.[3]

Ministers

References

Works cited

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