First Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

First Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

Cabinet of the Syrian Arab Republic
Date formed9 March 1963
Date dissolved11 May 1963
People and organisations
Head of stateLu'ay al-Atassi (As President of the NCRC)
Head of governmentSalah al-Din al-Bitar
Deputy head of governmentNihad al-Qasim
Member partyBa'ath Party
History
PredecessorKhalid al-Azm Government
SuccessorSecond Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

The First Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from March to May 1963. The Cabinet of Syria was led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar. This government was the 60th since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and the country's first Baathist government.

It was formed on March 9 by decree of the NCRC one day after the triumph of the 1963 Syrian coup d'état and dissolved two months later. All vital ministries except the defense ministry— which was headed by independent Nasserite General Muhammad al-Sufi—were given to Ba'athists.

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