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Third Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

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Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

Cabinet of the Syrian Arab Republic
Date formed14 May 1963
Date dissolved11 November 1963
People and organisations
Head of stateAmin al-Hafiz (As President of the NCRC)
Head of governmentSalah al-Din al-Bitar
Member partyBa'ath Party
History
PredecessorSecond Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government
SuccessorFirst Amin al-Hafiz Government

The Third Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from May to October 1964. The Cabinet of Syria led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar. This government was the 62nd since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918.[1]

It was formed on August 4, 1963, by Decree No. 781 issued by the NCRC and dissolved on November 11, 1963, The cabinet was composed of Ba'athists and unionist independents.[2] Bitar's third cabinet was the first in Syria's history which the Ba'athists controlled the government.[2]

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Works cited

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  • Rabinovich, Itamar (1972). Syria Under the Baʻth, 1963–66: The Army Party Symbiosis. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-7065-1266-9.