Second Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government
Cabinet of the Syrian Arab Republic
Date formed	13 May 1963
Date dissolved	4 August 1963
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Head of state	Lu'ay al-Atassi (until 27 July) Amin al-Hafiz (from 27 July) (As Presidents of the NCRC)
Head of government	Salah al-Din al-Bitar
Deputy head of government	Amin al-Hafiz
Member party	Ba'ath Party
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Predecessor	First Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government
Successor	Third Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

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The Second Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from May to August 1963. The Cabinet of Syria was led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar.^[1] This government was the 61st since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918.^[2]

It was formed on May 13, 1963, by Decree No. 304 issued by the NCRC and dissolved by Decree No. 780 on August 4, 1963. Bitar's second cabinet was composed largely of Ba'athists and independents, however, six ministerial portfolios were left vacant for a possible reconciliation with the Nasserites.^[3]

Ministers

• Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• General Amin al-Hafiz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior
• Mustafa al-Shamaa, Minister of Finance
• Major General Ziad al-Hariri, Minister of Defense
• Mazhar al-Sharbaji, Minister of Justice
• Mansur al-Atrash, Minister of Labour and Minister of Industry
• Dr. Adel Tarbin, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Supply
• Shibli al-Aysami, Minister of Education and Minister of Agrarian Reform
• Dr. George Tohme, Minister of Economy
• Dr. Sami al-Jundi, Minister of Information and Minister of Culture
• Major General Ghassan Haddad, Minister of Planning
• Talib al-Walid, Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
• Ahmed Abu Saleh, Minister of Transport and Minister of Public Works
• Dr. Abd al-Razzaq al-Shaqqi, Minister of Health
• Abdul Rahman al-Tabbaa, Minister of Awqaf
• Dr. Abd al-Khaliq al-Naqshbandi, Minister of State for NCRC Presidential Affairs

References

Works cited

• Rabinovich, Itamar (1972). Syria Under the Baʻth, 1963–66: The Army Party Symbiosis. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-7065-1266-9.