Second Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

Second Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government
Second Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government
; Cabinet of the Syrian Arab Republic
Date formed	13 May 1963
Date dissolved	4 August 1963
People and organisations
Head of state	Lu'ay al-Atassi (until 27 July); Amin al-Hafiz (from 27 July); (As Presidents of the NCRC)
Head of government	Salah al-Din al-Bitar
Deputy head of government	Amin al-Hafiz
Member party	Ba'ath Party
History
Predecessor	First Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government
Successor	Third Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

The Second Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from May to August 1963. The Cabinet of Syria was led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar.^[1] This government was the 61st since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918.^[2]

It was formed on May 13, 1963, by Decree No. 304 issued by the NCRC and dissolved by Decree No. 780 on August 4, 1963. Bitar's second cabinet was composed largely of Ba'athists and independents, however, six ministerial portfolios were left vacant for a possible reconciliation with the Nasserites.^[3]