Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government
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Date formed1 January 1966
Date dissolved23 February 1966
Head of stateAmin al-Hafiz
Head of governmentSalah al-Din al-Bitar
Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government | |
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| Date formed | 1 January 1966 |
| Date dissolved | 23 February 1966 |
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| 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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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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
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