Fourth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

Fourth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government
Cabinet of the Syrian Arab Republic
Date formed	14 May 1964
Date dissolved	3 October 1964
People and organisations
Head of state	Amin al-Hafiz
Head of government	Salah al-Din al-Bitar
Member party	Ba'ath Party
History
Predecessor	First Amin al-Hafiz Government
Successor	Second Amin al-Hafiz Government

The Fourth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from May to October 1964. The Cabinet of Syria led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar. This government was the 73rd since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918.

It was formed on May 14, 1964, and dissolved on October, 3.

Ministers

• Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Dr. Hassan Marioud, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Muhammad Fahmi al-Ashuri, Minister of Interior
• Mustafa al-Shamaa, Minister of Finance
• Major General Mahmud Jaber, Minister of Defense
• Dr. Mazhar al-Anbari, Minister of Justice and Minister of Health
• Sulayman al-Ali, Minister of Labour and Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
• Dr. Adel Tarbin, Minister of Agriculture
• Dr. Mustafa Haddad, Minister of Education
• Dr. Kamal Hosni, Minister of Economy
• Dr. Abd Allah Abd al-Dayim, Minister of Information
• Major General Ghassan Haddad, Minister of Planning
• Adel al-Saadi, Minister of Supply and Minister of Industry
• Dr. Nur al-Din al-Rifai, Minister of Public Works and Minister of Transport
• Dr. Salah Wazzan, Minister of Agrarian Reform
• Asaad Mohfel, Minister of Culture
• Dr. Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, Minister of Awqaf
• Dr. Abd al-Khaliq al-Naqshbandi, Minister of Presidential Affairs
• Thabit al-Aris, Minister of State

References

Works cited

• Rabinovich, Itamar (1972). Syria Under the Baʻth, 1963–66: The Army Party Symbiosis. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-7065-1266-9.