# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jassem-alwan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:41:47.473Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jassem-alwan"
name: "Jassem Alwan"
slug: "jassem-alwan"
description: "Jassem Alwan was a Syrian military officer and prominent military figure in Syria in the early 1960s. He rose to prominence during the period of the United Arab Republic (UAR) when he served as the Commander of the Qatana Base near Damascus. Alwan, a staunch supporter of UAR President Gamal Abdel Nasser, opposed Syria's secession from the union in 1961, leading two failed coup attempts to overthrow the secessionist government in 1962."
tagline: "Syrian politician (1928–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jassem_Alwan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1928-07-04"
deathDate: "2018-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.889166666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casim_Elvan"
    title: "Casim Elvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جاسم علوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جاسم علوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jassem_Alwan"
    title: "Jassem Alwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jassem_Alwan"
    title: "Jassem Alwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جاسم علوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casim_Elwan"
    title: "Casim Elwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BE%C4%81sims_Alv%C4%81ns"
    title: "Džāsims Alvāns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BCasim_Alwan"
    title: "Dżasim Alwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1529348"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump