Nabih al-Azma

Nabih al-Azma
Nabih al-Azma
نبيه العظمة
Minister of Defense
	In office; 27 April 1946 – 17 June 1946
Preceded by	Saadallah al-Jabiri
Succeeded by	Ahmad al-Sharabati
Personal details
Born	1886; Damascus, Syria
Died	1964 (aged approximately 78); Damascus, Syria

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 is the nephew of Yusuf al-'Azma. 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]

References

Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel & Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900-2000. Cune Press. ISBN 978-1-885942-40-1.
Khoury, Philip Shukry (2014-07-14). Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-5839-2.

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[:0-1] Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel & Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900-2000. Cune Press. ISBN 978-1-885942-40-1.

[2] Khoury, Philip Shukry (2014-07-14). Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-5839-2.