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Salah Jadid

Salah Jadid
صلاح جديد
Assistant Regional Secretary
of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office
1 August 1965 – 13 November 1970
Regional SecretaryAmin al-Hafiz
Nureddin al-Atassi
Preceded byMuhammad az-Zubi
Succeeded byJaber Bajbouj
Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army
In office
11 November 1963 – 1966
Preceded byZiad al-Hariri
Succeeded byAhmed Suidani
Member of the Regional Command
of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office
March 1966 – 13 November 1970
In office
1 February 1964 – 19 December 1965
Personal details
Born1926 (1926)
Dweir Baabda, Alawite State, French Syria
Died19 August 1993(1993-08-19) (aged 66–67)
Mezzeh prison, Damascus, Syria
Political partyBa'ath Party (Syrian) Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (1947–1966)
Military service
Allegiance First Syrian Republic (1946–1950)
Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958; 1961–63)
 United Arab Republic (1958–1961)
 Syria (1963–1970)
Branch/service Syrian Army
Years of service1946–1970
Rank Major General
Battles/warsFirst Arab-Israeli War
Six-Day War

Salah Jadid (Arabic: صلاح جديد, romanizedṢalāḥ Jadīd; 1926 – 19 August 1993) was a Syrian military officer and politician who was the leader of the left-wing bloc of the Syrian Regional Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and the country's de facto leader from 1966 until 1970, when he was ousted by Hafez al-Assad's Corrective Movement.


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