Salah Jadid

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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, Syrian Arab Republic
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)  Ba'athist Syria (1963–1970)
Branch/service	Syrian Army
Years of service	1946–1970
Rank	Major General
Battles/wars	First Arab-Israeli War Six-Day War War of Attrition Jordanian Civil 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 far-left bloc 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.