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Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj

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Syrian Army officer and politician (1925-2013)

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Abdul Hamid Sarraj was a Syrian military officer and politician. When the union between Egypt and Syria - the United Arab Republic (UAR) - was declared in 1958, Sarraj, a staunch Arab nationalist and supporter of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, played a key role in the leadership of the Syrian region of the UAR.

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Sarraj (centre) with army comrades, Mohammad Attura (left) and Abdul Salam al-Ujyali (right), at the battlefront in Palestine, 1948Sarraj (centre) with army comrades, Mohammad Attura (left) and Abdul Salam al-Ujyali (right), at the battlefront in Palestine, 1948Sarraj (right) with UAR President Gamal Abdel Nasser in Latakia, March 1959Sarraj (right) with UAR President Gamal Abdel Nasser in Latakia, March 1959Sarraj in 1960Sarraj in 1960

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Abdul Hamid Sarraj was a Syrian military officer and politician. When the union between Egypt and Syria - the United Arab Republic (UAR) - was declared in 1958, Sarraj, a staunch Arab nationalist and supporter of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, played a key role in the leadership of the Syrian region of the UAR. Due to the repression by the UAR of the Syrian communists he was nicknamed Sultan Abdul Hamid referring to the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II.

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Lived 1925 to 2013 · aged 88
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