Nureddin al-Atassi

Nureddin al-Atassi
نور الدين الأتاسي
Atassi in 1970
Secretary General of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
In office
March 1966 – 18 November 1970
Preceded byMunif al-Razzaz
(head of unitary Ba'ath Party)
Succeeded byHafez al-Assad
Regional Secretary of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office
March 1966 – 13 November 1970
DeputySalah Jadid
Preceded byAmin al-Hafiz
(Last Regional Command dissolved in December 1965)
Succeeded byHafez al-Assad
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office
March 1966 – 18 November 1970
In office
5 September 1963 – 19 December 1965
President of Syria
In office
25 February 1966 – 18 November 1970
Prime MinisterYusuf Zuayyin
Himself
Preceded byAmin al-Hafiz
Succeeded byAhmad al-Khatib (acting)
Hafez al-Assad
Prime Minister of Syria
In office
29 October 1968 – 18 November 1970
Preceded byYusuf Zuayyin
Succeeded byHafez al-Assad
Vice President of Syria
In office
15 December 1964 – 28 December 1965
PresidentAmin al-Hafiz
Yusuf Zuayyin
Preceded byMuhammad Umran
Succeeded byShibli al-Aysami
Personal details
Born(1929-01-11)11 January 1929
Died3 December 1992(1992-12-03) (aged 63)
PartyBa'ath Party
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Nureddin Mustafa Ali al-Atassi (Arabic: نور الدين مصطفى الأتاسي, romanizedNūr ad-Dīn Muṣṭafā al-'Atāsī, 11 January 1929 – 3 December 1992) was a Syrian politician who served as the president of Syria from 1966 to 1970. Atassi was the first Syrian president to address the United Nations General Assembly, and the only one until Ahmed al-Sharaa did so in September 2025.