First Amin al-Hafiz Government

First Amin al-Hafiz Government
Cabinet of the Syrian Arab Republic
Date formed	12 November 1963
Date dissolved	13 May 1964
People and organisations
Head of state	Amin al-Hafiz (As President of the NCRC)
Head of government	Salah al-Din al-Bitar
Deputy head of government	Muhammad Umran
Member party	Ba'ath Party
History
Predecessor	Third Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government
Successor	Fourth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

The First Amin al-Hafiz Government ruled Syria from November 1963 to May 1964. The Cabinet of Syria was led by then-Prime Minister Amin al-Hafiz.^[1] This government was the 63rd since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918.^[2][3] It was formed on 12 November 1963 by Decree No. 1424 issued by the NCRC and dissolved on 13 May 1964.

Ministers

• General Amin al-Hafiz, Prime Minister
• General Muhammad Umran, Deputy Prime Minister
• Dr. Hassan Marioud, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Dr. Nur al-Din al-Atassi, Minister of Interior
• Mustafa al-Shamaa, Minister of Finance
• Major General Abdullah Ziadeh, Minister of Defense
• Dr. Mazhar al-Anbari, Minister of Justice
• Mansur al-Atrash, Minister of Labour
• Dr. Adel Tarbin, Minister of Agriculture
• Dr. Mustafa Haddad, Minister of Education
• Dr. George Tohme, Minister of Economy
• Dr. Sami al-Jundi, Minister of Information
• Major General Ghassan Haddad, Minister of Planning
• Salih al-Mahamid, Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
• Mahmud Jayush, Minister of Supply
• Ahmed Abu Saleh, Minister of Transport
• Dr. Nur al-Din al-Rifai, Minister of Public Works
• Yusuf Zain, Minister of Agrarian Reform
• Dr. Ibrahim Makhus, Minister of Health
• Khair al-Din Hakki, Minister of Industry
• Shibli al-Aysami, Minister of Culture
• Ahmed Mahdi Al-Khidr, Minister of Awqaf
• Talib al-Walid, Minister of State
• Dr. Abd al-Khaliq al-Naqshbandi, Minister of State for NCRC Presidential Affairs

References

1. "Amin al-Hafez obituary". The Guardian. London. Associated Press. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
2. "وزارة اللواء أركان حرب محمد أمين الحافظ (من 12 تشرين الثاني 1963 - 14 أيـار 1964)". pministry.gov.sy. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
3. Seale 1990, p. 80.

Works cited

• Seale, Patrick (1990). Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520069763.