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Salah Jadid صلاح جديد
Assistant Regional Secretary of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office 1 August 1965 – 13 November 1970
Regional Secretary
Amin al-Hafiz Nureddin al-Atassi
Preceded by
Muhammad az-Zubi
Succeeded by
Jaber Bajbouj
Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army
In office 11 November 1963 – 1966
Preceded by
Ziad al-Hariri
Succeeded by
Ahmed Suidani
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office March 1966 – 13 November 1970
In office 1 February 1964 – 19 December 1965
Personal details
Born
1926 (1926) Dweir Baabda, Alawite State, French Syria
Died
19 August 1993(1993-08-19) (aged 66–67) Mezzeh prison, Damascus, Syria
Political party
Ba'ath Party (Syrian) Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (1947–1966)
Military service
Allegiance
First Syrian Republic (1946–1950) Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958; 1961–63) United Arab Republic (1958–1961) Syria (1963–1970)
Years of service
1946–1970
Rank
Major General
Battles/wars
First Arab-Israeli War Six-Day War
Salah Jadid (Arabic: صلاح جديد, romanized: Ṣalāḥ Jadīd; 1926 – 19 August 1993) was a Syrian military officer and politician who was the leader of the left-wing of the Syrian Regional Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and the country's de facto leader from 1966 until 1970, when he was ousted by Hafez al-Assad's Corrective Movement.
SalahJadid (Arabic: صلاح جديد, romanized: ṢalāḥJadīd; 1926 – 19 August 1993) was a Syrian military officer and politician who was the leader of the left-wing...
Committee; its initial members were Lieutenant-Colonel Muhammad Umran, Major SalahJadid and Captain Hafiz al-Assad. Syria seceded from the union with Egypt on...
Arab Army, and a close confidant of Syrian presidents Amin al-Hafiz and SalahJadid. Following the 1963 Syrian coup d'état, Suidani was assigned to head...
which he had supported against the previously dominant government of SalahJadid. Mohsen was also a member of the National Command of the Ba'ath Party...
both nations to maintain peaceful relations. In a private meeting with Salah Omar al-Ali, Iraq's permanent ambassador to the United Nations, he revealed...
to death. However, he and his colleagues were pardoned by President SalahJadid shortly after the verdict. The incident brought Assad and Arafat to unpleasant...
in 1958 without consulting the National Congress. Hafez al-Assad and SalahJadid amongst others, eventually established the Military Committee to save...
the Military Committee, which at that time was made of Muhammad Umran, SalahJadid, Hafez al-Assad, Abd al-Karim al-Jundi and Ahmad al-Mir. Following the...
Syrian Ba'athist government between Syrian Assistant Regional Secretary SalahJadid, who had ordered the tank incursion, and Syrian Air Force commander Hafez...
1966 Syrian coup d'etat launched by the neo-Ba'athist faction led by SalahJadid, the Ba'ath party postured itself as a strongly anti-religious political...
Global Information
First Syrian Republic (1946–1950)
United Arab Republic (1958–1961)
Syria (1963–1970)
Major General