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Nureddin al-Atassi
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4th President of the Syrian Arab Republic (1929–1992)
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Munif al-Razzaz , (head of unitary Ba'ath Party )
- Succeeded by
- Hafez al-Assad
- Deputy
- Salah Jadid
- Prime minister
- Yusuf Zuayyin , Himself
- President
- Amin al-Hafiz , Yusuf Zuayyin
- Born
- ( 1929-01-11 ) 11 January 1929, Homs , French Syria
- Died
- 3 December 1992 (1992-12-03) (aged 63), Paris , France
- Party
- Ba'ath Party
- Relations
- Atassi family
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Syria
- Place of birth
- Homs
- Place of death
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- list of vice presidents of Syria
- Educated at
- Damascus University
- Political party
- Ba'ath Party
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Image
- Nureddin Atassi.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nureddin al-Atassi
- date of birth
- 1929-01-01
- date of death
- 1992-12-02
- name in native language
- نور الدين الأتاسي
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Encyclopedic overview
Nureddin Mustafa Ali al-Atassi (Arabic: نور الدين مصطفى الأتاسي, romanized: Nūr 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.
Early life and education
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