Nur al-Din Kahala

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Nur al-Din Kahala
نور الدين كحالة
Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj
Personal details
Born1908
Homs, Ottoman Syria
Died1965 (aged 56–57)
Damascus, Syria

Nur al-Din Kahala (

Arabic: نور الدين كحالة; also known as Nureddin Kahalle; ‎ 1908–1965) was a Syrian politician during the United Arab Republic (UAR) period (1958–1961). Prior to the UAR period, he served as a minor government bureaucrat.[1]

Biography

Kahala graduated from Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey.[2] Then he received engineering training in the United States.[3] He represented Syria in the first meeting of the United Nations held in San Francisco, USA, in March 1945.[2]

Kahala was initially appointed the President of the Northern Region (Syria) Executive Council, but on 19 July 1960, President

Akram al-Hawrani. He served alongside vice presidents Abdel Hakim Amer and Abdel Latif Boghdadi. On 20 September 1960 he was appointed the additional post of planning minister.[4]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Etzioni, 2001, p. 127.
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  3. ^ Etzioni, 2001, p. 127.
  4. ^ Yitzhak Oron, ed. (1960). Middle East Record 1960. Vol. 1. London: George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited. p. 500. Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2016.