Ruler · 1921 – 2009

Amin al-Hafiz

Lived 1921 – 2009; politician. President of Syria (Syria), 1963 – 1966; also in the line of Ba'athist Syria.

Wikidata's English label: Amin al-Hafez.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1921 – 2009; 88 years
In office: 3 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Syria

Syria · the 16th of 22 dated reigns · 1930 – 2025

12 before

Maamun al-Kuzbari1961

Nazim al-Qudsi1961 – 1963

Lu'ay al-Atassi1963

Amin al-Hafiz1963 – 1966

Nureddin al-Atassi1966 – 1970

Ahmad al-Khatib1970 – 1971

Hafez al-Assad1971 – 2000

3 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1963 – 1966 · 3 years · came to it aged 42

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

On 23 February 1966, al-Hafiz was overthrown by a radical Ba'athist faction headed by Chief of Staff Salah Jadid.

Also in the line of Ba'athist Syria (5th of 10, read from the line of Syria).

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