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Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid

1867 - 1939

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Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid (Arabic: محمد علي بك العابد, ALA-LC: Muḥammad 'Alī Bak al-'Ābid; 1867 – 22 October 1939; or, as he spelled his own name in French, Mehmed Ali Abed) was a Syrian politician and statesman. He was appointed the president of the mandatory Syrian Republic (from 11 June 1932 until 21 December 1936) as a nominee of the nationalist Syrian parliament in Damascus after the country received partial recognition of sovereignty from France. France agreed to recognize Syria as a nation under intense nationalist pressure but did not withdraw its troops completely until 1946. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid is the 14,163rd most popular politician (up from 14,241st in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Syria (down from 161st in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Syrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid ranks 14,163 out of 19,576Before him are Ivan Bodiul, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Josep Tarradellas, Simon Bolivar Buckner, John Taylor, and Mircea Geoană. After him are Gérard Latortue, Alboin of Spoleto, Fausta Morganti, Sadakazu Tanigaki, Theo Heemskerk, and Amani Abeid Karume.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid ranks 116Before him are Chris Watson, Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria, Manuel Portela Valladares, Tevfik Fikret, Max Dessoir, and Andrey Toshev. After him are Hedwig Courths-Mahler, Harold Mahony, Antonio Conte, Charles Winckler, John Exley, and Richard Schorr. Among people deceased in 1939, Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid ranks 119Before him are Polina Osipenko, Olav Duun, Alberto Palacio, Gwen John, Halil Pasha, and Vladislav Khodasevich. After him are Oton Iveković, Fausto dos Santos, Alexander Kanoldt, Frank Wild, Bautista Saavedra, and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid ranks 163 out of 210Before him are Elia Abu Madi (1890), Ibas of Edessa (400), Émile Eddé (1883), Rafik Schami (1946), Francis Marrash (1837), and Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954). After him are Burhan Ghalioun (1945), Rezin (null), Nazik al-Abid (1898), Issam Zahreddine (1961), Ameen Rihani (1876), and Suheil al-Hassan (1970).

Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid ranks 82Before him are Akram al-Hawrani (1912), Jamil Mardam Bey (1893), Adel Safar (1953), Wael Nader al-Halqi (1964), Émile Eddé (1883), and Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954). After him are Burhan Ghalioun (1945), Rezin (null), Ila-kabkabu (-1850), Ali Farzat (1951), Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903), and Moaz al-Khatib (1960).