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Adib Shishakli

1909–1964 · 20th century

Adib Shishakli was a Syrian army officer who took part in the coups of 1949 and ruled Syria as its military strongman from late 1949 to 1954, as president from 1953. His authoritarian rule provoked a revolt and a military rising that forced him into exile in 1954, after which parliamentary government returned. He was assassinated in Brazil in 1964.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Adib Shishakli. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/adib-shishakli
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