The first President of Syria was Shukri al-Quwatli, who served from 1943 to 1949 and then again from 1955 to 1958. Backgrounds and History: Shukri al-Quwatli was born in Damascus, Syria, in 1891. He studied law in Istanbul and Paris. He was a member of the Syrian National Congress, which was formed in 1919 to demand independence from France. He was exiled by the French in 1920 but returned to...
Syria’s Presidential Genesis: The First to Lead
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