Salim Hatum
Salim Hatum | |
|---|---|
سليم حاطوم | |
| Commander of Radio and Television Station Garrison | |
| In office 8 March 1963 – 28 September 1966 | |
| Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
| In office 1 August 1965 – 19 December 1965 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1928 Thaybin, Jabal al-Druze State, French Mandate of Syria |
| Died | 26 June 1967 (age 39) Damascus, Syria |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Alma mater | Homs Military Academy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Second Syrian Republic United Arab Republic Ba'athist Syria |
| Branch/service | Syrian Army |
Salim Hatum (Arabic: سليم حاطوم; 1928 – 26 June 1967) was a Syrian Druze military officer and politician who played a significant role in Syrian politics in the 1960s. A member of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, he was instrumental in the 1966 Syrian coup d'état that toppled the government of Amin al-Hafiz, also a Ba'athist. That same year he launched an insurrection from his home region of Jabal al-Druze against his colleagues who formed the new government but sidelined him from any major position. He fled Syria amid a warrant for his arrest, but returned in 1967 and was subsequently jailed and executed.