1891 - 1967
Shukri al-Quwatli Syrian Activist
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Passed away on 30th June, 1967 aged 76.
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| First Name |
Shukri
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| Last Name |
Al-Quwatli
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1890
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| Birthplace |
Damascus, Ottoman Empire
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| Died |
30th June, 1967
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| Place of Death |
Beirut, Lebanon
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| Nationality |
Syrian
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Shukri al-Quwatli (Arabic: شكري القوّتلي, Šukrī al-Quwwatlī; 6 May 1891 – 30 June 1967) was the first president of post-independence Syria. He began his career as a dissident working towards the independence and unity of the Ottoman Empire's Arab territories and was consequently imprisoned and tortured for his activism. When the Kingdom of Syria was established, Quwatli became a government official, though he was disillusioned with monarchism and co-founded the republican Independence Party. Quwatli was immediately sentenced to death by the French who took control over Syria in 1920. Afterward, he based himself in Cairo where he served as the chief ambassador of the Syrian-Palestinian Congress, cultivating particularly strong ties with Saudi Arabia. He used these connections to help finance the Great Syrian Revolt (1925–1927). In 1930, the French authorities pardoned Quwatli and thereafter, he returned to Syria, where he gradually became a principal leader of the National Bloc. He was elected president of Syria in 1943 and oversaw the country's independence three years later.
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