Jadid, Salah al-

Jadid, Salah al-
▪ 1994

      Syrian military officer and Ba'th politician (b. 1926?, Duwayr B'abda, near Jablah, Syria—d. Aug. 19, 1993, Damascus, Syria), was leader of the country from 1966 to 1970, when he was ousted and imprisoned by rival Hafiz al-Assad, who subsequently became president. A member of the 'Alawite religious minority, Jadid entered the army after secondary school. In the 1950s, by then an officer, he joined the Ba'th Party, which was banned at the time. He was promoted to major general in 1963 and named chief of staff of the Syrian armed forces. With Assad, he led a coup in February 1966 that ousted the more moderate Ba'th leadership. For the next four years, although he held only a party post, Jadid was the effective leader of Syria. In September 1970 he sent armoured troops to Jordan in support of Palestinians fighting King Hussein and unsuccessfully tried to persuade Assad, who commanded the air force, to provide cover. When the Syrian forces suffered defeat, Assad had Jadid arrested. A man of strict principle, Jadid remained defiant, and he spent the remaining 23 years of his life under arrest, making him one of the world's longest-held political prisoners.

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