Hashim al-Atassi

Hashim al-Atassi
هاشم الأتاسي
4th President of Syria
In office
21 December 1936 – 7 July 1939
Preceded byMuhammad 'Ali Bay al-'Abid
Succeeded byBahij al-Khatib
In office
15 August 1949 – 2 December 1951
Preceded bySami al-Hinnawi (Military Rule)
Succeeded byAdib Shishakli (Military Rule)
In office
28 February 1954 – 6 September 1955
Preceded byMaamun al-Kuzbari (Acting)
Succeeded byShukri al-Quwatli
2nd & 25th Prime Minister of Syria
In office
3 May 1920 – 28 July 1920
MonarchFaisal I
Preceded byRida Pasha al-Rikabi
Succeeded byAladdin Al-Droubi
In office
17 August 1949 – 24 December 1949
Preceded byMuhsin al-Barazi
Succeeded byNazim al-Kudsi
President of the Constituent Assembly
In office
11 August 1928 – 6 September 1928
Preceded byBadi' Muwayyad
Succeeded byFaris al-Khoury
Speaker of the Syrian National Congress
In office
11 December 1919 – 17 July 1920
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byBadi' Muwayyad
Personal details
Born(1875-01-11)11 January 1875
Homs, Syria Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died5 December 1960(1960-12-05) (aged 85)
Homs, Syria, United Arab Republic
Political partyNational Bloc
(1928–1947)
People's Party
(1948–1960)
ParentKhaled al-Atassi

Hashim al-Atassi (Arabic: هاشم الأتاسي, romanizedHāšim al-ʾAtāsī; 11 January 1875 – 5 December 1960) was a Syrian nationalist and statesman and the President of Syria from 1936 to 1939, 1949 to 1951 and 1954 to 1955.