Muhsin al-Barazi
| Muhsin al-Barazi محسن البرازي |
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| Prime Minister of Syria | |
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In office 25 June 1949 – 14 August 1949 |
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| President | Husni al-Za'im |
| Preceded by | Husni al-Za'im |
| Succeeded by | Hashim al-Atassi |
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| Born | 1904 Hama, Ottoman Syria |
| Died | 14 August 1949 Damascus, Syria |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Muhsin al-Barazi (Arabic: محسن البرازي; 1904 – 14 August 1949) was a Syrian lawyer, academic and politician. He served a short term as a Prime Minister of Syria in 1949 and was executed after a coup d'état overthrew his government.
Al-Barazi was born into a prominent Syrian land-owning family in Hama. Educated in France, he obtained a law degree from the University of Paris in 1930 and later became a professor of law at Damascus University. In 1933 he founded, along with a number of influential Arab thinkers, the League of National Action, with the aim of countering European colonial influence. Other founding members included the historian and professor Constantin Zureiq, the philosopher Zaki al-Arsuzi and the politician Sabri al-Assali. The League was very successful in Syria and Lebanon, and called for the abolition of the French and British mandates and the economic integration of Arab countries.
Between April and September 1941, al-Barazi served as minister of education in the first cabinet of Khalid al-Azm. President Shukri al-Quwatli appointed him as his personal assistant in 1943 and by 1946, when the country regained its independence from France, al-Barazi became the president's closest advisor. He served as al-Quwatli's legal consultant, speechwriter, confidant and personal envoy to other countries.
In March 1949, the al-Quwatli government was overthrown by a military coup led by military Chief of Staff Husni al-Zaim. Al-Barazi was the only one of al-Quwatli's associates who retained his position, becoming al-Zaim's closest advisor. In July 1949, al-Zaim appointed al-Barazi as the new prime minister. Al-Barazi used his extensive connections with Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon to garner support for the al-Zaim regime.
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