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Husni al-Za'im

1897 - 1949

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Husni al-Za'im (Arabic: حسني الزعيم Ḥusnī az-Za’īm; 11 May 1897 – 14 August 1949) was a Syrian military officer who served as head of state of Syria in 1949. He had been an officer in the Ottoman Army. After France instituted its colonial mandate over Syria after the First World War, he became an officer in the French Army. After Syria's independence in 1946 he was made Chief of Staff, and was ordered to lead the Syrian Army into war with the Israeli Army in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Husni al-Za'im is the 6,383rd most popular politician (up from 8,305th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Syria (up from 97th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Syrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Husni al-Za'im ranks 6,383 out of 19,576. Before him are Chen Cheng, Al-Mansur Ali, Şahin Giray, İsa Çelebi, Efraín Ríos Montt, and Otto Rasch. After him are Clara Campoamor, Behgjet Pacolli, Butvydas, Giulio Douhet, Minoru Genda, and Zeki Velidi Togan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Husni al-Za'im ranks 95. Before him are Hans Speidel, Einar Gerhardsen, Richard Russell Jr., Shoghi Effendi, Johann Rattenhuber, and Chen Cheng. After him are Jesse Douglas, Manuel Ávila Camacho, Maria Valtorta, Fredric March, Elijah Muhammad, and Kurt Gerron. Among people deceased in 1949, Husni al-Za'im ranks 51. Before him are Aino Aalto, Hans Pfitzner, Ulrich Salchow, Ellery Harding Clark, Yoshijirō Umezu, and Alice Bailey. After him are Wilhelm Adam, Richard Dix, Maurice Blondel, Vítězslav Novák, Vasily Degtyaryov, and Prince Harald of Denmark.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Husni al-Za'im ranks 94 out of 210. Before him are Zaki al-Arsuzi (1899), Seleucus VII Philometor (-100), Najah al-Attar (1933), Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926), As-Salih Ismail al-Malik (1163), and Usama ibn Munqidh (1095). After him are Bushra al-Assad (1960), Ghassan Massoud (1958), Hussein Arnous (1953), Jurji Zaydan (1861), Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), and Sergius I of Constantinople (565).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Husni al-Za'im ranks 50. Before him are Hashim al-Atassi (1875), Nazim al-Qudsi (1906), Seleucus VII Philometor (-100), Najah al-Attar (1933), Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926), and As-Salih Ismail al-Malik (1163). After him are Bushra al-Assad (1960), Hussein Arnous (1953), Sergius I of Constantinople (565), Vaballathus (266), Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944), and Soraya Tarzi (1899).

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