First Syrian Republic
Syrian Republic | |||||||||||||||
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| 1930–1950 | |||||||||||||||
Coat of arms
(1945–1950) | |||||||||||||||
| Anthem: حُمَاةَ الدِّيَار | |||||||||||||||
Territory of the Syrian Republic as proposed in the unratified Franco-Syrian Treaty of 1936. (Lebanon was not part of the plan). In 1938, Alexandretta was also excluded. | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Component of the Mandate of Syria and the Lebanon (1930–1946) | ||||||||||||||
| Capital | Damascus | ||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic, French, Syriac, Armenian, Kurdish, Turkish | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Islam (all branches incl. Alawite), Christianity, Judaism, Druzism, Yazidism | ||||||||||||||
| Government | French Mandate (1930–1946) Parliamentary republic (1946–1950) | ||||||||||||||
| High Commissioner | |||||||||||||||
• 1930–1933 (first) | Henri Ponsot | ||||||||||||||
• 1944–1946 (last) | Étienne Paul Beynet | ||||||||||||||
| President | |||||||||||||||
• 1932–1936 (first) | Muhammad Ali al-Abid | ||||||||||||||
• 1945–1949 (last) | Shukri al-Quwatli | ||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||||||||
• 1932–1934 (first) | Haqqi al-Azm | ||||||||||||||
• 1950 (last) | Nazim al-Kudsi | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Constitution | 14 May 1930 | ||||||||||||||
• Treaty of Independence | 9 September 1936 | ||||||||||||||
• Hatay State | 7 September 1938 | ||||||||||||||
• Syrian sovereignty / UN admission | 24 October 1945 | ||||||||||||||
• Withdrawal of French troops | 17 April 1946 | ||||||||||||||
• New constitution | 5 September 1950 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||
• Total | 192,424 km2 (74,295 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | Syrian pound | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Syria Turkey Israel (disputed) | ||||||||||||||
The First Syrian Republic,[2][a] officially the Syrian Republic,[b] was formed in 1930 as a component of the French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon, succeeding the State of Syria.
References
- ↑ "www.nationalanthems.info". Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ↑ Karim Atassi (2018). Syria, the Strength of an Idea. p. 179. ISBN 9781107183605.
- ↑ عزت, دروزة، محمد (1959). العرب والعروبة: من القرن الثالث حتى القرن الرابع عشر الهجري. p. 668.
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