Nureddin al-Atassi: Difference between revisions

Atassi was a medical doctor by training, and in that capacity aided the Algerian forces against the French in the [[Algerian War of Independence]]. A longtime ideologue of the powerful [[Ba'ath Party]] Atassi became its General Secretary as well as President of the Republic in 1966.<ref name=nytobi>{{cite news|title=Nureddin al-Atassi, 63; Former Syria President|work=The New York Times|page=27|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/05/obituaries/nureddin-al-atassi-63-former-syria-president.html}}</ref> He was considered to be largely a ceremonial figurehead, with real power vested in the Deputy General Secretary, [[Salah Jadid]]. In 1970, he was deposed along with Salah Jadid in a [[Coup d'état|coup]] by [[Hafez al-Assad]], his defense minister.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-05/news/mn-1132_1_atassi-syria-president|title= Nureddin Atassi; Ex-President of Syria, Toppled in Coup|date=5 December 1992|accessdate=5 September 2010|work=The Los Angeles Times}}</ref> They also have a family living in Saudi Arabia, Al Khobar. Their only son has been identified as a simp.