Second Syrian Republic
Appearance
Syrian Republic | |||||||||||||
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1950–1963 | |||||||||||||
Anthem: حُمَاةَ الدِّيَار ("Guardians of the Homeland")[1] | |||||||||||||
Status | Component of the United Arab Republic (1958–61) | ||||||||||||
Capital | Damascus | ||||||||||||
Largest city | Aleppo | ||||||||||||
Official languages | Arabic | ||||||||||||
Recognised languages | Syriac Armenian Kurdish | ||||||||||||
Religion | Islam (all branches incl. Alawite) Christianity Judaism Druzism Yezidism | ||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Syrian | ||||||||||||
Government | Parliamentary republic (1950–1951, 1954–1958, 1961–1963) Military dictatorship (1951–1954) | ||||||||||||
President | |||||||||||||
• 1950–1951 | Hashim al-Atassi (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1961–1963 | Nazim al-Kudsi (last) | ||||||||||||
Military Strongman | |||||||||||||
• 1948–1954 | Adib Shishakli | ||||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||||
• 1950 | Nazim al-Kudsi (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1962–1963 | Khalid al-Azm (last) | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Independence of First Syrian Republic | 17 April 1946 | ||||||||||||
• New constitution adopted | 5 September 1950 | ||||||||||||
22 February 1958 | |||||||||||||
28 September 1961 | |||||||||||||
8 March 1963 | |||||||||||||
Currency | Syrian pound | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Syria |
The Second Syrian Republic[2][3]—officially the Syrian Republic[a] from 1950 to 1958 and the Syrian Arab Republic[b] from 1961 to 1963—succeeded the First Syrian Republic that had become de facto independent in April 1946 from the French Mandate.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ www.nationalanthems.info
- ↑ George Meri Haddad (1971). Revolutions and Military Rule in the Middle East. Vol. 2. Robert Speller & Sons. p. 286. ISBN 9780831500603.
- ↑ George Crews McGhee (1983). Envoy to the Middle World: Adventures in Diplomacy. Harper & Row. p. 386. ISBN 9780060390259.
- Notes
- ↑ Arabic: الجمهورية السورية al-Jumhūriyah as-Sūriyyah
- ↑ Arabic: الجمهورية العربية السورية al-Jumhūriyah al-ʿArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah
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