Maamun al-Kuzbari
| Maamun al-Kuzbari مأمون الكزبري |
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| Vice President of Syria | |
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In office 25 February 1952 – 28 February 1954 |
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| Prime Minister of Syria | |
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In office 29 September 1961 – 20 November 1961 |
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| Preceded by | Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj (as part of the UAR) |
| Succeeded by | Izzat al-Nuss |
| Speaker of the Parliament of Syria | |
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In office 24 October 1953 – 16 February 1954 |
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| Preceded by | Nazim al-Kudsi |
| Succeeded by | Nazim al-Kudsi |
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In office 12 December 1961 – 12 September 1962 |
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| Preceded by | Said al-Ghazzi |
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| Born | 1914 Damascus, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1998 (aged 84) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Political party | Arab Liberation Movement |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914–1998) (Arabic: مأمون الكزبري) was a Syrian literary personality, politician and acting head of state (29 September - 20 November 1961) from a prominent Damascus family.
He studied International law at the University of Lyon's affiliate Saint Joseph University in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, and became an attorney in Damascus in 1943 and a professor at Damascus University in 1948. He entered parliament as an independent in 1953, allying himself with military strongman Adib al-Shishakli. He was elected Speaker of parliament and chairman of the Constitutional Assembly charged by Shishakli to amend the constitution. Shishakli also appointed him secretary general of the Arab Liberation Movement (ALM), Shishakli's political vehicle. He also managed the party's daily newspaper, Al Tahrir al Arabi ("The Arab Liberation").
After Shishakli was overthrown, Kuzbari in his position as Speaker, and according to the constitution, was declared acting President in an emergency session of parliament on February 25, 1954. He succeeded in avoiding military confrontation among the supporters and opponents of Shishakli within the Syrian army and called the former President Hashim al-Atassi, whose administration was interrupted by Shishakli's coup in 1949, to come back to Damascus in order to complete his term.
Kuzbari remained head of the ALM. He participated in the new elections and returned to parliament in October of that year. In February 1955 he was appointed minister of justice under Prime Minister Sabri al Asali and in September of that same year he became minister of education under Prime Minister Said al-Ghazzi. He kept that post until June, 1956. In May 1956 he became acting president of Damascus University. In 1958, under president Shukri al-Kuwatli, Kuzbari took part, as a member of the government, in unification talks with Egypt that resulted in the formation of the United Arab Republic. He was politically inactive during the union and became President of the Syrian Lawyers Bar.
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