Ahmad Nami

Ahmad Nami
أحمد نامي
Ahmad Nami dressed in full Masonic attire in 1925
President of Syria
In office
28 April 1926  15 February 1928
Preceded bySubhi Bey Barakat
Succeeded byTaj al-Din al-Hasani
Prime Minister of Syria
In office
28 April 1926  15 February 1928
Preceded bySubhi Bey Barakat
Succeeded byTaj al-Din al-Hasani
Personal details
Born
Ahmed Nami

1873
Beirut, Beirut Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died13 December 1962(1962-12-13) (aged 88–89)
Beirut, Lebanon
Political partyIndependent
Spouse
(m. 1910; div. 1921)

"Al-Damad" Ahmad Nami or "Damat" Ahmet Nami (Arabic: أحمد نامي, romanized: Aḥmad Nāmī; 1873 – 13 December 1962) was an Ottoman prince (damat), the prime minister of Syria and president of Syria (1926–28), and a lecturer of history and politics.

His first language was Turkish and could hardly speak Arabic.