Shukri al-Quwatli
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Shukri al-Quwatli was a Syrian politician and statesman who was the first president of post-independence Syria, in 1943.
Quwatli and members of his family in Beirut 1966. From Left: Huda, Mahmud, Shukri al-Quwatli, Hassan, Bahira al-Dalati, Hala and Hana.
Quwatli (first from the bottom left) seated with members of the Syrian nationalist movement, 1920s. Seated next to Quwatli are Said al-Ghazzi, Riad al-Shurbaji, Sheikh Saleh al-Ali. Standing left to right are Hajj Adib Kheir and Ibrahim Hananu
Quwatli declaring Syria's independence from France, 17 April 1946
The March 1949 Syrian coup d'état was a bloodless coup d'état that took place on 30 March. It was the first military coup in modern Syrian history and overthrew the country's democratically elected go
Armored vehicles and soldiers in Damascus after the coup
Brochure about the coup d'etat
Husni al-Za'im alongside other Syrian military officers on the front of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
Syrian officers after the coup