Abdel Hamid Sarraj | |
|---|---|
عبد الحميد السراج | |
 Sarraj in 1958 | |
| Chairman of the Executive Council of the Northern Region of the United Arab Republic | |
| In office 20 September 1960 – 16 August 1961 | |
| Prime Minister | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Preceded by | Nur al-Din Kahala |
| Succeeded by | Maamun al-Kuzbari |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 1925 Hama, French Syria |
| Died | 23 September 2013 (aged 87–88) Cairo, Egypt |
| Political party | National Union |
| Occupation | Military Intelligence (1954-1958) Minister of Interior (1958–1961) Vice-president (1961) |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Colonel |
Abdel Hamid Sarraj (Arabic: عبد الحميد السراج, September 1925 – 23 September 2013) was a Syrian Army officer and politician. When the union between Egypt and Syria was declared, Sarraj, a staunch Arab nationalist and supporter of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, played a key role in the leadership of the Syrian region of the UAR. Due to the repression by the UAR of the Syrian communists he was nicknamed Sultan Abdel Hamid referring to the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II.[1]
- ^ Cyrus Schayegh (2013). "1958 Reconsidered: State Formation and the Cold War in the Early Postcolonial Arab Middle East". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 45 (3): 427. doi:10.1017/S002074381300041X. S2CID 154295870.