Bashir al-Azma | |
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بشير العظَمة | |
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| Prime Minister of Syria | |
| In office April 16, 1962 – September 14, 1962 | |
| President | Nazim al-Kudsi |
| Deputy | Rashad Barmada |
| Preceded by | Maaruf al-Dawalibi |
| Succeeded by | Khalid al-Azm |
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| Born | 1910 |
| Died | 1992 (aged 82) |
Bashir al-Azma (1910–1992) (Arabic:بشير العظَمة), was aSyriandoctor and politician. He served asPrime Minister of Syria from 16 April to 14 September 1962.
He was born in and raised in the capitalDamascus. He obtained his undergraduate degree inMedicine fromDamascus University and his graduate inParis. He became the Minister of Health under theUnited Arab Republic (UAR) but resigned due to a conflict withGamal Abdel Nasser. Later, he became the Prime Minister of Syria after the dissolution of the UAR.
Bashir al-Azma was one of several Syrian Prime Ministers who intended to keep Syria out of the east–west conflict and demonstrate its passive approach to it. On 22 April 1962, al-Azma declared on Radio Damascus thatSyria's foreign policy continued to be based on "the principles of positiveneutrality andnon-alignment with military blocs, non-participation in theCold War, and respect for the principles of theUN Charter."[1]
Bashir al-Azma was from the distinguished al-Azma family, who were ofTurkish origin.[2]
Yusuf Bey al-Azma, from a Turkoman family of merchants and landowners... His nephew Nabih Bey had a similar career and several other 'Azmas were Ottoman officers.
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