Muhammad Umran
| Muhammad Umran محمد عمران |
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| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 1 September 1965 – 14 February 1966 |
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| Preceded by | Hamad Ubayd |
| Succeeded by | Hafez al-Assad |
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In office 2 May 1963 – 1965 |
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| Preceded by | Mohammad al-Sufi |
| Succeeded by | Hamad Ubayd |
| Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
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In office 1 February 1964 – 4 April 1965 |
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| Born | 1922 al-Mukharram, French Mandate of Syria |
| Died | 4 March 1972 Tripoli, Lebanon |
| Political party | Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
| Religion | Alawite |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | 1942-1966 |
Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Umran (Arabic: محمد عمران; 1922–4 March 1972) was a founding member of the Military Committee of the unitary Ba'ath Party, and a leading personality in Syrian politics from the 8th of March Revolution until the 1966 Syrian coup d'état.
Umran was born in 1922 into an Alawi smallholder family which belonged to the Khayyatin tribe. He hailed from the village of al-Mukharram, a village situated in the mountains east of Homs. Umran served in the Syrian Army during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and became active in politics following the military's forceful intervention in Syrian politics during the 1940s and 1950s. He played a small role under the aegis of Akram al-Hawrani in the 1954 uprising against Adib Shishakli's rule.
He was one of the five founding members of the Military Committee, but acted as the committee's leading mind. Umran was the committee's chairman until the 8th of March Revolution in 1963, and was the oldest committee member. 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 United Arab Republic was founded, and establish a new party leadership. During the UAR years, Umran and Jadid travelled the country and established contact with former party comrades, but without mentioning the existence of the Military Committee. In the immediate aftermath of the UAR's dissolution, Umran contacted the other members of the Military Committee, and asked about the possibility of launching a coup to reestablish the union. He had outlined the political climate in Syria, and compared the strength of the Ba'ath Party against other political opponents – he reached the conclusion that a coup could be successful.
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