Back الجمهورية السورية الثانية Arabic Втора сирийска република Bulgarian Syrská republika Czech Syrische Republik German Second Syrian Republic English República de Siria (1930-1958) Spanish Siriako Errepublika (1930–1958) EU جمهوری دوم سوریه FA République syrienne (1930-1958) French República Siria (1930-1958) GL
Syrian Republic | |||||||||||||
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| 1950–1963 | |||||||||||||
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| Anthem: حُمَاةَ الدِّيَار ("Guardians of the Homeland")[1] | |||||||||||||
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| Status | Component of the United Arab Republic (1958–61) | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Damascus | ||||||||||||
| Largest city | Aleppo | ||||||||||||
| Official languages | Arabic | ||||||||||||
| Recognised languages | Syriac Armenian Kurdish | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Islam (all branches incl. Alawite) Christianity Judaism Druzism Yezidism | ||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Syrian | ||||||||||||
| Government | Parliamentary republic (1950–1951, 1954–1958, 1961–1963) Military dictatorship (1951–1954) | ||||||||||||
| President | |||||||||||||
• 1950–1951 | Hashim al-Atassi (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1961–1963 | Nazim al-Kudsi (last) | ||||||||||||
| Military Strongman | |||||||||||||
• 1948–1954 | Adib Shishakli | ||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||||||
• 1950 | Nazim al-Kudsi (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1962–1963 | Khalid al-Azm (last) | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Independence of First Syrian Republic | 17 April 1946 | ||||||||||||
• New constitution adopted | 5 September 1950 | ||||||||||||
| 22 February 1958 | |||||||||||||
| 28 September 1961 | |||||||||||||
| 8 March 1963 | |||||||||||||
| Currency | Syrian pound | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Syria | ||||||||||||
The Second Syrian Republic[2][3]—officially the Syrian Republic[a] from 1950 to 1958 and the Syrian Arab Republic[b] from 1961 to 1963—succeeded the First Syrian Republic that had become de facto independent in April 1946 from the French Mandate.
- ↑ www.nationalanthems.info
- ↑ George Meri Haddad (1971). Revolutions and Military Rule in the Middle East. Vol. 2. Robert Speller & Sons. p. 286. ISBN 9780831500603.
- ↑ George Crews McGhee (1983). Envoy to the Middle World: Adventures in Diplomacy. Harper & Row. p. 386. ISBN 9780060390259.
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