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National Council for the Revolutionary Command

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The National Council for the Revolutionary Command (NCRC), also known as the National Council for the Leadership of the Revolution[1] or National Revolutionary Council[2] was the twenty-man military junta and council set up to rule Ba'athist Syria between March 1963 and February 1966.

National Council for the Revolutionary Command
المجلس الوطني لقيادة الثورة
Ba'athist military officers after the coup.
Ba'athist military officers after the coup.
Overview
CountryBa'athist Syria
LeaderPresidents:[a]
Lu'ay al-Atassi (1963)
Amin al-Hafiz (1963–1966)

Established by the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party after the 1963 coup d'état, it exercised both executive and legislative authority in Syria.

History

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Speech of the Amin al-Hafiz, president of the NCRC.

The NCRC was composed of 12 Ba'athists and eight Nasserists and independents. Its exact membership was kept secret for the first few months. Though some civilians were admitted, it was dominated by military officers.[3] Described as a "Junta within a Junta" due to its members already having military positions prior,[3] the military committee consisted of five members: Muhammad Umran (Chairman until 8 March 1963), Salah Jadid, Hafez al-Assad, Abdul-Karim al-Jundi and Ahmad al-Miration.

Within the NCRC there was also a military organisation, which consisted of 12 branches resembling their civilian counterparts. The military organisation was led by a central committee, which represented the military committee.

The NCRC's main priority was to establish an Arab union with Iraq, which had underwent a Ba'athist-led coup in February 1963, alongside with Egypt. Although the Syrian Baathists initially, under pressure from civilian pro-Nasserist demonstrators, declared their desire to return to their former union with Egypt, no serious steps toward unification were taken. Moreover, between 28 April and 2 May, the junta purged dozens of Nasserist officers in the Syrian army, and the Ba'athist-led regime in Iraq would be overthrown. In May 1964, the NCRC implemented a provisional constitution providing for a cabinet, a Presidential Council, and an appointed legislature composed of "people's organizations." The NCRC was dissolved following the 1966 coup d'état by dissident army officers.[4]

Notes

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  1. ↑ official name was President of the National Council for the Revolutionary Command and later President of the Presidential Council.

References

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  1. ↑ "بيان سامي الجندي وزير الإعلام حول إعدام جاسم علوان 1963". التاريخ السوري المعاصر (in Arabic). 9 March 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "24. Syria (1946-present)". uca.edu. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 Seale, Patrick (1990). Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East. University of California Press. pp. 78–79. ISBN 978-0-520-06976-3. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Army, United States Dept of the (1965). Middle East: Tricontinental Hub: A Strategic Survey. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 190.
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