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Nureddin al-Atassi نور الدين الأتاسي
President of Syria
In office February 25. 1966 – November 18, 1970
Preceded by	Amin al-Hafiz
Succeeded by	Ahmad al-Khatib
Prime Minister of Syria
In office October 29, 1968 – November 21, 1970
Preceded by	Yusuf Zuaiyin
Succeeded by	Hafez al-Assad
Born	1930
Died	December 3, 1992 (Aged 62)
Political party	Baath Party

Noureddin Mustafa al-Atassi (1930— December 3, 1992) (Arabic: نور الدين مصطفى الأتاسي Nūr ad-Dīn Muṣṭafā al-'Atasī) was President of Syria from February 1966 to November 1970. Though a long-time ideologue of the powerful Baath Party who became its Secretary General as well as President of the Republic, he was considered to be largely a ceremonial figurehead, with real power vested in the Deputy Secretary General, Salah Jadid. He was a medical doctor by training, and in that capacity aided the Algerian forces against the French in the Algerian War of Independence. In 1970 he was deposed along with Salah Jadid in a coup by Hafez al Assad, his defense minister. He was imprisoned without trial from that time until just before his death in 1992, when he was released and flown to France to receive medical treatment at the expense of the French government.

v • d • e Heads of state of Syria since 1922 al-Khalidi • Pierre-Alype* • Shariyari • al-Hasani • al-Abid • H. al-Atassi • al-Khatib • al-Azm* • al-Hasani • al-Ulshi* • al-Ayyubi • al-Quwatli • al-Za'im • H. al-Atassi • Selu† • Shishakli† • H. al-Atassi • al-Quwatli • Abdel Nasser • al-Kuzbari* • an-Nuss* • al-Kudsi • L. al-Atassi† • al-Hafiz† • N. al-Atassi • al-Khatib • H. al-Assad • Khaddam* • B. al-Assad *denotes acting     †military ruler

v • d • e Prime Ministers of Syria since 1920 Kingdom of Syria (1920) al-Rikabi • H. al-Atassi* • al-Durubi • al-Ulshi French Mandate of Syria (1920-1946) post established 1932 • H. al-Azm • al-Hasani • A. al-Ayyubi • Mardam Bey • al-Haffar • al-Bukhari • post vacant, 1939-41 • K. al-Azm • al-Hakim • al-Barazi • al-Ulshi • al-Jabiri • al-Khoury • al-Jabiri Syrian Republic (1946-1958) al-Jabiri • K. al-Azm* • Mardam Bey • K. al-Azm • al-Za'im • al-Barazi • H. al-Atassi • al-Kudsi • K. al-Azm • al-Kudsi • K. al-Azm • al-Hakim • al-Khatib • al-Dawalibi • Selu • Shishakli • al-Assali • al-Ghazzi • al-Khoury • al-Assali • al-Ghazzi • al-Assali United Arab Republic (1958-1961) Kuhala • Sarraj Syrian Arab Republic (1961-) al-Kuzbari • al-Nuss • al-Dawalibi • al-Azma • K. al-Azm • al-Bitar • al-Hafiz • al-Bitar • al-Hafiz • Zuaiyin • al-Bitar • Zuaiyin • N. al-Atassi • al-Assad • Kleifawi • M. al-Ayyubi • Kleifawi • al-Halabi • al-Kasm • Zuabi • Mero • al-Otari * acting

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