Shukri al-Quwatli held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Shukri al-Quwatli as 1st President of Syrian Republic (1891–1967).
Shukri al-Quwatli was born at Damascus in 1891. His recorded nationality is Syria.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, mass movements, total war and the collapse of empires reshaped what a political career could be.
He served as President of the Syrian Republic under French mandate (1943–1946), President of Syria (1946–1949) and President of Syria (1955–1958).
His political affiliation is recorded as National Bloc and National Party.
Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
That the career was made in Syria is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Shukri al-Quwatli died in 1967, aged 76. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- President of the Syrian Republic under French mandate (1943–1946)
- President of Syria (1946–1949)
- President of Syria (1955–1958)
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