Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj

Abd al- Hamid al- Sarraj (Arabic عبد الحميد السراج, DMG ʿ Abd al - Hamid al- Sarrāǧ; * 1925 in Hama, Syria, † September 22, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt), Abdel Hamid al - Saradsch, was a Syrian army officer and politician.

As Chairman of the Executive Council of the Northern Territory of the United Arab Republic, he was de facto Prime Minister of Syria. He held on 20 September 1960 to August 16, 1961 this office.

After studying at the Military Academy of Homs, he continued his education in Paris. In 1948, convinced of the nationalist part of the Arab-Israeli war.

In 1955 he was appointed chief of military intelligence of the Syrian Republic. While the union of Syria with Egypt Abd al - Hamid al- Sarraj participated as a follower of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, a senior posts. By Abd al -Hakim Amr, the defense ministers of the VAR, he formed a mutual antipathy. When he fired one of his employees, as- Sarraj handed in his resignation. Nasser to settle the dispute succeeded. However, a re resignation of 26 September 1961, at Nasser.

Two days later coup in Damascus and the VAR disintegrated. as- Sarraj was arrested and thrown into Damascus from al - Mazzah Prison. He managed to escape in 1962 and settle in Egypt.

According to the newspaper al - Ahram Weekly, the former Syrian defense minister Mustafa Tlas has set 2005 for the return Sarradschs to Syria.

He died on September 22, 2013 in Egypt, where he lived in exile since 1962.