Abd al-Karim al-Jundi

Abd al-Karim al-Jundi عبد الكريم الجندي
Abd al-Karim al-Jundi, 1966
Minister of Agrarian Reform
In office 1 March 1966 – 15 October 1966
President	Nureddin al-Atassi
Prime Minister	Yusuf Zuwayin
Preceded by	Jamil Haddad
In office 4 October 1964 – 21 December 1965
President	Amin al-Hafiz
Prime Minister	Amin al-Hafiz Yusuf Zuayyin
Preceded by	Salah Wazzan
Succeeded by	Jamil Haddad
Head of the National Security Bureau of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office 27 March 1966 – 13 March 1969
Succeeded by	Naji Jamil
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office 27 March 1966 – 13 March 1969
In office 1 August 1965 – 19 December 1965
In office 1 February 1964 – 4 April 1965
Personal details
Born	1932 Salamiyah, French Mandate of Syria
Died	2 March 1969 (aged 37) Damascus, Syria
Political party	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (1952–1966) Syrian-led Ba'ath Party (Syrian branch: 1966–1969)
Military service
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Commands	Commander of the Rocket Forces at al-Qutayfah (1963–1964)

Abd al-Karim al-Jundi (Arabic: عبد الكريم الجندي‎‎) (b. 1932 – 2 March 1969) was a Syrian officer and a founding member of the Ba'ath Party's Military Committee which took over power in the country after the 1963 military coup. He also served as minister of agrarian reform, and commander of the national security bureau.

Al-Jundi was born to a small landowning family in the rural town of Salamiyah in the Hamah Governorate. Though Salamiyah was a predominantly Ismaili town, al-Jundi belonged to the Sunni minority of the area, and would in later life be known as 'an inciter of anti-Ismaili sentiments.' He received his military training at the Homs Military Academy.

Al-Jundi, like many members of his family, joined the Ba'ath Party early in his youth. In 1960 al-Jundi, then a captain in the army of the United Arab Republic (UAR), became a founding member of the secretive Military Committee of the Baath Party. In the beginning, the Military Committee's goal was to rebuild the Ba'ath Party, which had been dissolved on the orders of Gamal Abdel Nasser when the UAR was founded, and establish a new party leadership. Following the Syrian secessionist coup of 1961 that ended the UAR, the Military Committee started planning its own coup against the secessionist government.

On 8 March 1963, the Military Committee launched a successful coup against the government of Nazim al-Qudsi, bringing the Ba'ath Party to power in Syria. Following the coup, al-Jundi became a member of the National Council for the Revolutionary Command, and the Ba'ath Party Regional Command. Between 1963 and 1964, he served as commander of the Rocket Forces at al-Qutayfah.