Fawzi Selu
Fawzi Selu فوزي سلو | |
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Maaruf al-Dawalibi | |
| Succeeded by | Adib Shishakli |
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| Born | 1905 Syria Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | April 29, 1972 (aged 67) Harasta, Syria |
Fawzi Selu (1905–1972) (
Arabic: فوزي السلو, romanized: Fawzī al-Salū) was a Syrian military leader, politician and the President of Syria
from December 3, 1951, to July 11, 1953.
Career
He studied at the
Adib al-Shishakli, who contrived to have Selu appointed minister of defense in three cabinets under president Atassi. Shishakli finally launched a coup in November 1951, but could not persuade the popular Atassi to stay on as president, who resigned in protest. As a result, Shishakli appointed Selu as president, prime minister and chief of staff, while retaining real power for himself with the less public role of deputy chief of staff. The two men ran a police state and suppressed virtually all opposition. Under the direction of Shishakli, Selu improved relations with Jordan, opening the first Syrian embassy in Amman and befriending King Talal. He also sought better relations with Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
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On July 11, 1953, Shishakli finally dispensed Selu and appointed himself as president. When Shishakli was overthrown in February 1954, a military court in Damascus charged Selu with corruption, misuse of office, and unlawful amendment of the constitution. Selu fled to Saudi Arabia and became an advisor to King Saud and then his brother King Faisal. He was sentenced to death in absentia. After the overthrowing of the government that sentenced him to death, he was later pardoned by the new government and returned to Damascus. Retiring from politics, he later died in the Harasta Military Hospital at the age of 67 years old, on April 29, 1972.[1]
References
- ^ Fares, George. Who Are in the Arab World. Damascus. p. 316.
- Sami Moubayed "Steel & Silk: Men and Women Who Shaped Syria 1900–2000" (Cune Press, Seattle, 2005).
- George Fares (1957), Who Are in the Arab World, 316 , Damascus
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