Lu'ay al-Atassi

Lu'ay al-Atassi
لؤي الأتاسي
Atassi in 1963
President of Syria
In office
9 March 1963 – 27 July 1963
Prime MinisterKhalid al-Azm
Salah al-Din al-Bitar
Vice PresidentMuhammad Umran
Preceded byNazim al-Kudsi
Succeeded byAmin al-Hafiz
Personal details
Born1926
Died24 November 2003(2003-11-24) (aged 76–77)
PartyIndependent
Military service
Allegiance First Syrian Republic (1948–1950)
Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958)
United Arab Republic (1958–1961)
Second Syrian Republic (1961–1963)
Ba'athist Syria (1963)
RankLieutenant general
Battles/wars1948 Arab–Israeli War
Atassi became de jure President on 23 March 1963.
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Lu'ay al-Atassi (Arabic: لؤي الأتاسي, romanizedLuʾayy al-ʾAtāsī; 1926 − 24 November 2003) was a Syrian military officer who served as the president of Syria from March 1963 until his resignation in July of that same year.