Muhammad Umran
Muhammad Umran | |
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محمد عمران | |
Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
In office 1 February 1964 – 4 April 1965 | |
Vice President of Syria | |
In office 8 March 1963 – 15 December 1964 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1922 First Arab-Israeli War |
Life and career
Umran was born in 1922 into an
He was one of the five founding members of the Military Committee, the other founding members were
Umran was a delegate at the 5th National Congress of the Ba'ath Party, and told Michel Aflaq of the Military Committee's intentions – Aflaq consented to a military coup to take power, but no agreement was made between him and the Military Committee on how to share power after seizing power.[6] Following the 8th of March Revolution in 1963 which brought the Syrian Regional Branch of the Ba'ath Party to power in Syria, Umran was first given the command of the 5th Brigade in Homs, but was promoted in June to become commander of the 70th Armoured Brigade.[7] Umran was appointed Deputy Prime Minister in the Salah al-Din al-Bitar's cabinet, the first Ba'athist government in Syrian history.[8]
After taking power, Umran became a member of the National Council for the Revolutionary Command (NCRC), the leading decision-making organ.[9] The organ was controlled more-or-less by the Military Committee and the Ba'ath Party's military wing, and important decisions were made without the collaboration of their civilian colleagues. After complaints from the civilian wing, Umran gave the civilian wing (represented by Aflaq, al-Bitar and Mansur al-Atrash among others) a faint idea of what the military leadership was up to.[9] Due to his allegiance to the civilian wing, he was stripped of his military title by the Military Committee and was appointed as an ambassador in Spain, as a form of exile for dissidents.[10]
Umran was ousted from his position during the
Death
Umran was shot and killed outside of his home in Tripoli, Lebanon on 4 March 1972.[12][13]
References
Citations
- ^ a b Moubayed 2006, p. 346.
- ^ a b Seale 1990, p. 62.
- ^ Seale 1990, pp. 63–64.
- ^ Seale 1990, p. 64–65.
- ^ Seale 1990, p. 80.
- ^ Seale 1990, p. 75.
- ^ Seale 1990, p. 79.
- ^ Moubayed 2006, pp. 346–347.
- ^ a b Seale 1990, p. 78.
- ^ Moubayed 2006, p. 347.
- ^ Paul, James A. (1990). Human Rights in Syria. Human Rights Watch. p. 40.
- ISBN 978-1-78672-248-5.
- ^ "Exiled Syrian aide is slain in Lebanon". The New York Times. 5 March 1972. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
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