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Khalid al-Azm

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1829: 1685: 1376: 1283: 2252: 2350: 1917: 1436: 1597: 2163: 905: 2209: 1210: 1641: 1238: 2692: 2187: 494:. Azm served repeatedly in parliament and in the cabinet from 1943 to 1947. He became a focus of opposition when he resigned from the cabinet in 1945 and lead the forces opposed to Kuwatli's drive to amend the constitution to allow himself a second term in office. Kuwatli prevailed, and Azm ran against him in 1947 and lost. However he accepted the position of envoy to France and served in that capacity for a year. He concluded successful arms purchases from France and later from the 2425: 2378: 1950: 1464: 40: 490:. He remained a longtime supporter of the former, but often quarreled with the latter, whom he accused of being too authoritarian. In 1941 the French appointed him Prime Minister and Acting President, having had no success in finding a viable candidate since the resignation of the nationalist Atassi in 1939. However he was replaced 5 months later with a French loyalist, 577:
was elected, and Azm returned to parliament as deputy for Damascus. On 28 March 1962, yet another coup toppled the civilian administration, and Kudsi and Azm were both imprisoned. On 2 April a counter coup released them, and Azm became Prime Minister again under Kudsi. The two men allied with former
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as minister of defense. Azm played a key role in achieving an alliance with the USSR, and traveled there repeatedly to arrange loans, economic pacts and arm sales, angering the United States, where he was nicknamed the "Red Millionaire". This name was even adopted by the Syria Press in the 1950s,
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goods in an attempt to prevent the crash of domestic Syrian industry due to rampant Lebanese imports. He also clashed repeatedly with the military because he refused to appoint officers in any of his cabinets, and always reserved the defense portfolio for himself. He also clashed with
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in 1923 with a degree in law, and joined the city government in 1925. At this time he also actively ran his family's estates throughout the country. In the 1930s, he became close associates with leading members of the anti-French
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that drafted a new constitution for Syria. He became Prime Minister again under Hashim al-Atassi's second administration, in June 1950, heading three cabinets between then and 1951. Azm closed the border to
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After the deposition of Shishakli, Azm again lost to Kuwatli in the presidential election of 1955. He retired briefly, then reemerged in November 1956 to enter the cabinet of Prime Minister
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When the union was dissolved he returned to Syria, helped draft the secessionist document himself, and tried to run for presidential office but his candidacy was thwarted by the military.
565:, arguing that Nasser would destroy Syria's democratic system and free market economy. Azm once again deserted political life during the Union years (1958–1961), and moved to Lebanon. 514:
on 29 March 1949 and imprisoned both Azm and president Kuwatli. When Za'im was overthrown five months later, Azm returned to parliament as deputy for Damascus and became
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although he was not a socialist, and in fact opposed the pre-eminent advocate of state socialism in the Arab World,
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from 4 April to 16 September 1941. He was a member of one of the most prominent political families in Syria,
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Sami Moubayed "Steel & Silk: Men and Women Who Shaped Syria 1900–2000" (Cune Press, Seattle, 2005).
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president Kuwatli to rid the army of pro-Nasserist elements, and reverse the austere program of
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instituted by Nasser when he was head of the UAR. Before this could be achieved, the socialist
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came to power in Syria in March 1963 and both Azm and Qudsi fled into exile.
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elements in Syrian politics that advocated union with
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President of Syria
Bahij al-Khatib
Taj al-Din al-Hasani
Prime Minister of Syria
Nasuhi al-Bukhari
Hassan al-Hakim
Shukri al-Quwatli
Saadallah al-Jabiri
Jamil Mardam Bey
Shukri al-Quwatli
Jamil Mardam Bey
Husni al-Za'im
Hashim al-Atassi
Nazim al-Kudsi
Nazim al-Kudsi
Hashim al-Atassi
Nazim al-Kudsi
Hassan al-Hakim
Nazim al-Kudsi
Bashir al-Azma
Salah al-Din Bitar
Damascus
Syria Vilayet
Ottoman Empire
Beirut
Lebanon
Independent
Arabic
romanized

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