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Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914 – 2 March 1998) (Arabic: مأمون الكزبري, romanized: Maʾmūn al-Kuzbarī) was a Syrian literary personality, politician and acting head of state (29 September – 20 November 1961) from a prominent Damascus family.
Atassi was overthrown when a falling out occurred between Salah Jadid, the real ruler of Syria from 1966 to 1970, and Hafez al-Assad, the Minister of Defense. Assad initiated a coup in 1970, known as the Corrective Movement .
Aug 30, 2022 · President Maamun al-Kuzbari’s new administration promised to publish all details in a soon-to-appear “black book.” Meanwhile, from his office in Frankfurt, the tireless Bauer realized the opportunity, and formally asked the new regime to extradite Brunner.
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After the rushed and overtly enthusiastic decision to unite with Egypt, Syrians realized that they had joined a very centralized, autocratic military dictatorship which increasingly destroyed Syria's traditional politics and economy. In fact, during this period Syria did not exist, it was Northern Region of the UAR. Political parties were dissolved...
During the first months of 1961 state control over the Syrian economy was greatly increased. The governor of the Central Bank of Syriaresigned at the end of January, warning about the dangers of nationalization and planned currency unification (Egypt and Syria still had their own currencies). On 5 February currency control was introduced, all forei...
On 16 August the Northern Executive council, the regional government of Syria since 1958, was abolished and all executive power was concentrated in Cairo. Syrian executives were transferred to Cairo and given positions of in the unified government. On 30 August the Northern Region was divided in 11 governorates with governors appointed by Nasser an...
Abdel Hamid al-Sarrajwas the last Syrian with real power in Syria. The President of the Northern Executive Council, Secretary General of the local branch of the ruling National Union, Syrian Minister of Interior and the long-time head of the secret police Sarraj had also been a significant supporter of Nasser and his rise to power with the United A...
At 4am on 28 September an armoured column under the command of Lt-Colonel Abd al-Karim al-Nahlawi, the chief of Amer's bureau in Syria, and Desert Guard units under the command of Lt-Colonel Haydar al-Kuzbari entered Damascus, and met with the troops of the Damascus garrison and air force. Army HQ, the radio station and airport were seized, checkpo...
At 7:30am on 29 September, Radio Damascus announced that SARCAF has entrusted Maamun al-Kuzbari (a relative of one of the coup organizers) to form a new government which consisted of the old National Party and People's Party politicians. It was government of the traditional Syrian elites, but it promised to maintain some of Nasser's progressive and...
In his quest to ensure liberty and freedom for the Syrian people, he lost his own. Mamoun Kuzbari was eventually imprisoned on political grounds in Syria forcing him into self-exile, leaving him to spend the last three decades of his life outside of his beloved homeland.
Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914 – 2 March 1998) (Arabic language: مأمون الكزبري ) was a Syrian literary personality, politician and acting head of state (29 September – 20 November 1961) from a prominent Damascus family.
Maamun al-Kuzbari succeeded in avoiding military confrontation among the supporters and opponents of Shishakli within the Syrian army and called the former President Hashim al-Atassi, whose administration was interrupted by Shishakli's coup in 1949, to come back to Damascus in order to complete his term.
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