Nabih al-Azma

Nabih al-Azma
نبيه العظمة
Minister of Defense
In office27 April 1946 – 17 June 1946
Preceded bySaadallah al-Jabiri
Succeeded byAhmad al-Sharabati
Governor of Damascus
In officeNovember 1946 – December 1946
Preceded byMazhar al-Bakri
Succeeded byBehjat Shehabi
Personal details
Born1886
Died1964 (aged 77–78)

Nabih al-Azma (Arabic: نبيه العظمة‎; 1886 – 1964) was a Syrian politician and the defense minister of Syria in 1946.[1]

Background

Nabih was born in Damascus in 1886 to a notable family in Damascus and he was the nephew of Yusuf al-'Azma, members of the al-Azma family in Syria. He studied at the Ottoman Military Academy and graduated in 1917 from Istanbul.[1]

Career

He was elected to the Syrian parliament, and served as defense minister in 1946.[2][1]

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