Shibli al-Aysami
Shibli al-Ayssami | |
|---|---|
شبلي العيسمي | |
Minister of Agrarian Reform | |
| In office 9 March 1963 – 11 November 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Amin al-Nafouri |
| Succeeded by | Adil Tarabin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shiblī Yousef Hamad al-Aysamī' 5 February 1925 al-Suwayda, Syria |
| Died | presumably 4 June 2011 (aged 86) or after |
| Political party | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Iraqi Branch of the Ba'ath Party |
| Relatives | Tareck El Aissami (great-nephew) |
| Profession | Politician |
Shiblī Yousef Hamad al-Aysamī (
and is presumed to be dead.Political career
Syria
He was born to a
Iraq
Following the 1966 Syrian coup d'état which resulted in President al-Hafiz being overthrown and the creation of the Syrian-Iraqi rift, al-Aysami, then Vice President of Syria, fled to Iraq. In 1974 the Iraqi Branch of the Ba'ath Party installed a rival National Command of the Ba'ath Party with Michel Aflaq as General Secretary and al-Aysami as his deputy (until 1979).
In 1982 al-Hafiz and al-Aysami, together with Islamist, nationalist and leftist opposition groups founded the Iraqi-backed National Alliance for the Liberation of Syria, but in 1992 al-Aysami retired from political life. He remained in Iraq until the 2003 invasion of Iraq and fled to Egypt, then the United States and Yemen thereafter.
Kidnapping
On 4 June 2011, during a visit to Lebanon, al-Aysami was kidnapped by unknown militants and is presumed dead. His family accused the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad for the kidnapping, after many witnesses came forth with evidence, however the Lebanese government did not act swiftly against the Syrian government.[2] The Syrian government, however, blamed the Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt.
Personal life
He was the great uncle of Tareck El Aissami, later Vice President of Venezuela.[3][4][5]
See also
- List of kidnappings
- List of people who disappeared
Bibliography
- Muhafazat al-Suwayad (1962)
- La révolution arabe (1971)
- Arab Unity through experience (Beirut, 1971)
- Unity, Freedom, Socialism (Madrid, 1976)
- Arabische Sozialistische Ba'th Partei: Die Gründungsperiode in den vierziger Jahren (Varese, 1977)
Further reading
- Itamar Rabinovič: Syria Under the Baʻth, 1963-66 - The Army Party Symbiosis. Tel Aviv/Jerusalem 1972
References
- ^ الكشف عن وفاة شبلي العيسمي نائب الرئيس السوري السابق بسجن المخابرات السورية
- ^ Solomon, Erika (December 2, 2011). "Syrian dissidents don't feel safe in Lebanon". Reuters.
- ISBN 978-1597977043. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Revelan detalles del polémico perfil de Tareck El Aissami". Diario Las Américas (in Spanish). 11 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- St.Petersburg Times.
External links
Media related to Shibli al-Aysami at Wikimedia Commons- Where is Shibli al-Ayssami?
- Shibli al-Ayssami is in Syria, son says
