Second Syrian Republic
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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.
Syrian Republic الجمهورية السورية (Arabic) <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">al-Jumhūrīyah as-Sūriyyah (1950–1958) Syrian Arab Republic الجمهورية العربية السورية (Arabic) <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʿArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah (1961–1963) | |||||||||||||
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| 1950–1963 | |||||||||||||
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| Status | Component of the United Arab Republic (1958–61) | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Damascus | ||||||||||||
| Official languages | Arabic | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
• | 5 September 1950 | ||||||||||||
| 22 February 1958 | |||||||||||||
| 28 September 1961 | |||||||||||||
• | 8 March 1963 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Syrian pound | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Syria | ||||||||||||
Second Syrian Republic Media
The national anthem of Syria, performed instrumentally by the U.S. Navy Band circa May 2003.
Constitution of the Syrian Republic, 14 May 1930
References
- ↑ 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 <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">al-Jumhūriyah as-Sūriyyah
- ↑ Arabic: الجمهورية العربية السورية <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">al-Jumhūriyah al-ʿArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah
Coordinates: 35°00′00″N 38°00′00″E / 35.0000°N 38.0000°E
