Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government
Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government | |
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Cabinet of the Syrian Arab Republic | |
| Date formed | 1 January 1966 |
| Date dissolved | 23 February 1966 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Amin al-Hafiz |
| Head of government | Salah al-Din al-Bitar |
| Deputy head of government | Adnan Shuman Rais al-Farhan al-Fayyad |
| Member party | Ba'ath Party |
| History | |
| Predecessor | First Yusuf Zuayyin Government |
| Successor | Second Yusuf Zuayyin Governmentt |
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Member State of the Arab League |
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The Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from January to February 1966. The Cabinet of Syria led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar. This government was the 73rd since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918.
It was formed on January 1, 1966, and abruptly dissolved on February 23, 1966. This government was overthrown between 21 and 23 February 1966 in a coup d'état. The ruling National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party were removed from power by a union of a regionalists led by Salah Jadid.