Ahmad Nami

Ahmed Nami
أحمد نامي
Ahmad Nami dressed in full Masonic attire in 1925
2nd President of Syria and 5th Prime Minister of Syria
In office
28 April 1926 – 15 February 1928
Preceded bySubhi Bey Barakat
Succeeded byTaj al-Din al-Hasani
Personal details
Born
Ahmed Nami

1873
Beirut, Beirut Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died13 December 1962(1962-12-13) (aged 88–89)
Beirut, Lebanon
Political partyIndependent
Spouse
(m. 1910; div. 1921)

"Al-Damad" Ahmad Nami or "Damat" Ahmet Nami (Arabic: أحمد نامي, romanizedAḥmad Nāmī;‎ 1873 – 13 December 1962[1][2]) was an Ottoman prince (damat), the fifth prime minister of Syria and second president of Syria (1926–28), and a lecturer of history and politics.

His first language was Turkish and could hardly speak Arabic.[3]

  1. ^ "Index Na-Ne". Rulers.org.
  2. ^ Beşşar’ın koltuğunun ilk sahipleri, Yıldız Sarayı’ndan yetişmiş bu iki Osmanlı idi
  3. ^ Mardam Bey, Salma (1997). Syria's Quest for Independence. Ithaca Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-86372-175-5. Al-Damand was a man of Turkish origin, who could hardly speak Arabic...