Adib Shishakli
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Adib ash-Shishakli was a Syrian military officer who served as President of Syria briefly in 1951 and later from 1953 to 1954. He was overthrown and later assassinated.
Shishakli in exile soon after his overthrowing, Saudi Arabia.
Mansur al-Atrash
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Mansur al-Atrash was a Syrian politician and journalist. Together with fellow university students, Atrash became a founding member of the Ba'ath Party and its Syrian regional branch in 1947. During th
Portrait of Mansur al-Atrash, 1963–1966
Hasan Mraywed and Mansour al-Atrash at the American University of Beirut in the 1940s
Founders of the Baath Party during its formation in Damascus - April 1947
Baath MPs Salah al-Bitar and Mansour al-Atrash voting in Parliament - 1955