Second Syrian Republic

Syrian Republic الجمهورية السورية  (Arabic) al-Jumhūrīyah as-Sūriyyah (1950–1958) Syrian Arab Republic الجمهورية العربية السورية  (Arabic) al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʿArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah (1961–1963)
1950–1963
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: حُمَاةَ الدِّيَار "Ḥumāt ad-Diyār" ("Guardians of the Homeland")[1]
Status	Component of the United Arab Republic (1958–61)
Capital	Damascus
Largest city	Aleppo
Official languages	Arabic
Recognised languages	Syriac Armenian Kurdish
Religion	Islam (all branches incl. Alawite) Christianity Judaism Druzism Yezidism
Demonym(s)	Syrian
Government	Parliamentary republic (1950–1951, 1954–1958, 1961–1963) Military dictatorship (1951–1954)
President
• 1950–1951	Hashim al-Atassi (first)
• 1961–1963	Nazim al-Kudsi (last)
Military Strongman
• 1948–1954	Adib Shishakli
Prime Minister
• 1950	Nazim al-Kudsi (first)
• 1962–1963	Khalid al-Azm (last)
History
• Independence of First Syrian Republic	17 April 1946
• New constitution adopted	5 September 1950
• Merger with Egypt	22 February 1958
• Republic restored	28 September 1961
• Ba'athist seizure of power	8 March 1963
Currency	Syrian pound
Preceded by Succeeded by 1950 First Syrian Republic 1961 United Arab Republic 1958 United Arab Republic 1963 Syrian Arab Republic
Today part of	Syria

The Second Syrian Republic^[2][3]—officially the Syrian Republic^[a] from 1950 to 1958 and the Syrian Arab Republic^[b] from 1961 to 1963—succeeded the First Syrian Republic that had become de facto independent in April 1946 from the French Mandate.

1. ↑ www.nationalanthems.info
2. ↑ George Meri Haddad (1971). Revolutions and Military Rule in the Middle East. Vol. 2. Robert Speller & Sons. p. 286. ISBN 9780831500603.
3. ↑ George Crews McGhee (1983). Envoy to the Middle World: Adventures in Diplomacy. Harper & Row. p. 386. ISBN 9780060390259.