Ruler · 1905 – 1972

Fawzi Selu

Lived 1905 – 1972; politician, military personnel. President of Syria (Syria), 1951 – 1953.

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Lived: 1905 – 1972; 67 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Syria
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Syria

Syria · the 7th of 22 dated reigns · 1930 – 2025

3 before

Husni al-Za'im1949

Sami al-Hinnawi1949

Hashim al-Atassi1949 – 1951

Fawzi Selu1951 – 1953

Adib Shishakli1953 – 1954

Maamun al-Kuzbari1954

Hashim al-Atassi1954 – 1955

12 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 1951 – 1953 · 2 years · came to it aged 46

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

Shishakli finally launched a coup in November 1951, but could not persuade the popular Atassi to stay on as president, who resigned in protest.

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