Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj
Abdul Hamid Sarraj | |
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عبد الحميد السراج | |
Sarraj between 1958 and 1961 | |
| Chairman of the Executive Council of the Northern Region of the United Arab Republic | |
| In office 20 September 1960 – 16 August 1961 | |
| Prime Minister | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Preceded by | Nur al-Din Kahala |
| Succeeded by | Maamun al-Kuzbari |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 1925 |
| Died | 23 September 2013 (aged 87–88) |
| Party | National Union |
| Occupation | Military Intelligence (1954-1958) Minister of Interior (1958–1961) Vice-president (1961) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | First Syrian Republic (1946–1950) Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958) United Arab Republic (1958–1961) |
| Branch/service | Syrian Army |
| Years of service | 1946–1961 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | First Arab-Israeli War |
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Abdul Hamid Sarraj (Arabic: عبد الحميد السراج, September 1925 – 23 September 2013) was a Syrian military officer and politician. When the United Arab Republic (the union between Egypt and Syria) was declared, Sarraj, a staunch Arab nationalist and supporter of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, played a key role in the leadership of the Syrian region of the UAR. Due to the repression by the UAR of the Syrian communists he was nicknamed Sultan Abdul Hamid referring to the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II.