The First Salah al-Din al-Bitar government ruled Syria from March to May 1963. The Council of Ministers was led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar. This government was the 66th since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and the country's first Baathist government.
It was formed on 9 March by decree of the NCRC one day after the 1963 Syrian coup d'état and resigned two months later. All vital ministries except the Ministry of Defense – which was headed by independent Nasserite General Muhammad al-Sufi – were given to Ba'athists.
Composition
See also Council of Ministers (Syria) List of Syrian governments Government ministries of Syria List of prime ministers of Syria
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