Mikhail Ilyan

Mikhail Ilyan
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office August 26, 1945 – September 30, 1945
President	Shukri al-Quwatli
Minister of Public Works
In office April 26, 1946 – December 27, 1946
President	Shukri al-Quwatli
Personal details
Born	1880 Aleppo, Ottoman Empire
Died	Hatay, Turkey

Mikhail Ilyan or "Elian" (Arabic: ميخائيل اليان), was a Syrian politician who served as foreign minister of Syria in the 1940s.^[1]

Biography

He was born in Aleppo in 1880 to a wealthy family. In 1928 he cofounded the National Bloc. He was elected as a member (MP) of the Syrian Parliament for many terms and in 1945 he served as minister of foreign affairs.^[2] In 1949 he was among the founders of Hizb al Watani (Arabic: The Nationalist Party).^[3] In 1956 he headed the Anglo-American sponsored coup in Syria.^[4]

References

1. Randall Fowler (2018). More Than a Doctrine: The Eisenhower Era in the Middle East. Potomac Books. ISBN 978-1-61234-997-8.
2. Sami Moubayed (2006). Steel & Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900-2000. Seattle, WA: Cune Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-885942-41-8.
3. Salma S. Haddad (1965). The United Arab Republic, 1958-1961. The Northern Region: Selected Aspects of the Impact of Union on the Northern Region (MA thesis). American University of Beirut. p. 6. ISBN 9781085683814. ProQuest 2308204315.
4. Yagil Henkin (2015). The 1956 Suez War and the New World Order in the Middle East: Exodus in Reverse. Lanham, MD; Boulder, CO; New York; London: Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-8721-0.