Hashim al-Atassi was a Syrian nationalist and statesman and the President of Syria from 1936 to 1939, 1949 to 1951 and 1954 to 1955.
Hashim al-Atassi
Al-Atassi (second person seated from the left) in a visit to Saudi Arabia in the early 1930s wearing a Bedouin garb. To his left are Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Emir Shakib Arslan, an Arab nationalist philosopher from Lebanon
The presidential inauguration of Hashim al-Atassi, seen here delivering his speech, in Parliament on 31 December 1936.
Hashim al-Atassi's second inaugural address, having been elected by a unanimous vote in Parliament in December 1949 to replace the dictatorship of General Husni al-Za'im.
Atassi is the name of a prominent family in Homs, Syria, of a noble and ancient lineage, dating back to the 15th century AD. More recently, members of the family led the national movement against the French mandate. The power and prestige of the family reached an apex at the formation of the modern Republic of Syria in 1936, when its second head of state, Hashim al-Atassi was elected president. Two out of the seven members of the constitutional assembly who drafted the first constitution of Syria in 1919 were prominent Atassis: Wasfi al-Atassi and Hashim al-Atassi. Two more scions, Lu'ay al-Atassi and Nureddin al-Atassi, were in turn installed as heads of state in the 1960s. Family members included magistrates, governors, ambassadors, heads of political parties, military officers and other public officials throughout Ottoman and modern times.
Residence of Khaled Efendi al-Atassi, the Head of The Atassi House, built in 1893
Tomb of Sayed Ali Bin Khalil Al-Atassi, who died in 1508, located in the Atassi Mosque, Homs
Tomb Stone of Sayed Saleh Al-Sayed Suleiman Al-Atassi, who died in 1782, located in the Atassi Mosque, Homs
