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Salah al-Din al-Bitar

1912 - 1980

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Salah al-Din al-Bitar (Arabic: صلاح الدين البيطار, romanized: Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn al-Bīṭār;‎ 1 January 1912 – 21 July 1980) was a Syrian politician who co-founded the Baʿath Party with Michel Aflaq in the early 1940s. As students in Paris in the early 1930s, the two formulated a doctrine that combined aspects of nationalism and socialism. Bitar later served as prime minister in several early Ba'athist governments in Syria but became alienated from the party as it grew more radical. In 1966 he fled the country, lived mostly in Europe and remained politically active until he was assassinated in Paris in 1980 by unidentified hitmen linked to the regime of Hafez al-Assad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Salah al-Din al-Bitar is the 3,746th most popular politician (up from 5,863rd in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Syria (up from 70th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Syrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Salah al-Din al-Bitar ranks 3,746 out of 19,576. Before him are Rajaraja I, Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, François Vatel, Charibert II, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, and Ayas Mehmed Pasha. After him are Beatrice of Portugal, Marduk-apla-iddina II, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Elizabeth of Görlitz, François Leclerc du Tremblay, and Hayme Hatun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Salah al-Din al-Bitar ranks 59. Before him are George Emil Palade, Duško Popov, Isser Harel, Don Siegel, Cornel Wilde, and Kathleen Ferrier. After him are Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Lawrence Durrell, Salvador Luria, Otto Kretschmer, Kim Sung-gan, and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker. Among people deceased in 1980, Salah al-Din al-Bitar ranks 48. Before him are John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Bill Evans, Marian Rejewski, Kim Jae-gyu, Gustav Wagner, and Lewis Milestone. After him are Mae West, Tadao Takayama, Mohammad Hatta, Fritz Strassmann, Yigal Allon, and Heinz Linge.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Salah al-Din al-Bitar ranks 60 out of 210. Before him are Adunis (1930), Damascius (480), Maron (301), Moustapha Akkad (1930), Al-Qa'im (893), and Thierry, Count of Flanders (1100). After him are Nicolaus of Damascus (-64), Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (1170), Tutush I (1066), Andrew of Crete (660), Salah Jadid (1926), and Shukri al-Quwatli (1891).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Salah al-Din al-Bitar ranks 31. Before him are Duqaq (1100), Abu'l-Fida (1273), Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1945), Julia Avita Mamaea (180), Ahmad al-Khatib (1933), and Al-Qa'im (893). After him are Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (1170), Tutush I (1066), Salah Jadid (1926), Shukri al-Quwatli (1891), Seleucus VI Epiphanes (-150), and Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan (1080).

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