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Salah Jadid | |
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| صلاح جديد | |
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| Assistant Regional Secretary of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
| In office 1 August 1965 – 13 November 1970 | |
| Regional Secretary | Amin al-Hafiz Nureddin al-Atassi |
| Preceded by | Muhammad az-Zubi |
| Succeeded by | Jaber Bajbouj |
| Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army | |
| In office 11 November 1963 – 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Ziad al-Hariri |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Suidani |
| Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
| In office March 1966 – 13 November 1970 | |
| In office 1 February 1964 – 19 December 1965 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1926 Dweir Baabda, Alawite State, French Syria |
| Died | 19 August 1993 (aged 66–67) Mezzeh prison, Damascus, Syria |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party (Syrian) Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (1947–1966) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | .svg){kind=small} First Syrian Republic (1946–1950) Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958; 1961–63) United Arab Republic (1958–1961) Syria (1963–1970) |
| Branch/service |  Syrian Army |
| Years of service | 1946–1970 |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Battles/wars | First Arab-Israeli War Six-Day War |
Salah Jadid (Arabic: صلاح جديد, romanized: Ṣalāḥ Jadīd; 1926 – 19 August 1993) was a Syrian military officer and politician who was the leader of the left-wing bloc of the Syrian Regional Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and the country's de facto leader from 1966 until 1970, when he was ousted by Hafez al-Assad's Corrective Movement.