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    from February 1966 to November 1970. Nureddin Al-Atassi, born in 1929 in Homs, belongs to the renowned Al-Atassi family. Following his mother's early...
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    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...
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    Hashim al-Atassi (Arabic: هاشم الأتاسي, romanized: Hāšim al-ʾAtāsī; 11 January 1875 – 5 December 1960) was a Syrian nationalist and statesman and the President...
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    appointed by Hafez al-Assad to replace the ousted president Nureddin al-Atassi. Ahmad al-Khatib was a civilian member of the ruling Ba'ath party and served...
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    Hussein was born in al-Awja, a small village near Tikrit, to Hussein Abd Al-Majid and Subha Tulfah Al-Mussallat. They were both from the Al-Bu Nasir tribe...
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    president Nureddin al-Atassi became Minister of the Interior, and Jamal became Minister of Information in the cabinet of Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar...
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    taking executive office (which had historically been held by Sunnis). Nureddin al-Atassi was given three of the four top executive positions in the country:...
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    comprised Hafiz as chairman, Umram as Deputy Chairman, Bitar, Nureddin al-Atassi and Mansur al-Atrash. The composition of the Presidential Council showed...
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    Field Marshal Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1 July 1914 – 4 October 1982) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fourth president of Iraq, from 17 July 1968...
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    Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (Arabic: عزت إبراهيم الدوري, romanized: Izzat Ibrāhīm ad-Dūrī; 1 July 1942 – 25 October 2020) was an Iraqi politician and army field...
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