Nazim al-Kudsi
| Nazim al-Kudsi ناظم القدسي |
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| President of Syria | |
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In office December 12, 1961 – March 7, 1963 |
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| Preceded by | Gamal Abdul Nasser (United Arab Republic) |
| Succeeded by | Lu'ay al-Atassi |
| Prime Minister of Syria | |
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In office September 24, 1949 – September 27, 1949 |
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| Preceded by | Hashim al-Atassi |
| Succeeded by | Khalid al-Azm |
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In office June 4, 1950 – March 27, 1951 |
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| Preceded by | Khalid al-Azm |
| Succeeded by | Khalid al-Azm |
| 1st Ambassador of Syria to the United States | |
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In office March 19, 1945 – 1947 |
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| Succeeded by | Faris al-Khoury |
| Speaker of the Parliament of Syria | |
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In office October 1, 1951 – December 2, 1951 |
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| Preceded by | Maarouf al-Dawalibi |
| Succeeded by | Maamun al-Kuzbari |
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In office October 14, 1954 – October 1, 1957 |
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| Preceded by | Maamun al-Kuzbari |
| Succeeded by | Akram al-Hawrani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 14, 1906 Aleppo, Syria |
| Died | February 6, 1998 (aged 91) Amman, Jordan |
| Political party | National Bloc, People's Party |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Nazim al-Kudsi, also spelled "Koudsi", "al-Qudsi" or "al-Cudsi" (February 14, 1906 – February 6, 1998) (Arabic: ناظم القدسي), was a Syrian politician and head of state (December 14, 1961 – March 8, 1963).
Al-Kudsi was born in Aleppo on February 14, 1906. After receiving his high school degree in the Aleppo American College al-Kudsi obtained his university degree in law from Damascus University. He received a master's degree from the American University of Beirut (AUB), and PhD from the University of Geneva.
After his education, Kudsi returned to Syria in 1935 and joined the National Bloc, the leading anti-French independence movement, and became one of its prominent members in Aleppo. It was a political organization aimed at the emancipation from French control through diplomatic means rather than armed resistance. In 1936, he ran for Parliament on a Bloc ticket and won. He clashed with the Bloc leadership that failed to prevent the annexation of Alexandretta to Turkey in 1939, and resigned from Bloc ranks. Kudsi created a coalition of Aleppine intellectuals around himself and Rushdie Kikhia, another lawyer who shared in his views, and the two men nominated themselves for Parliament in 1943, winning with ease. They lobbied against the election of Shukri al-Kuwatli, a National Bloc leader, as president, but Kuwatli was voted into office in August 1943. To appease the opposition, the new President appointed Kudsi as Syria’s first Ambassador to the United States. Kudsi founded the Syrian Embassy in Washington, D.C. from scratch, and on March 19, 1945 presented his credentials to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1947, he and Rushdi al-Kikhiya founded the People’s Party in Aleppo. It was inaugurated as an opposition movement to the Kuwatli regime and created to counterbalance the political weight of the National Party, the successor to the National Bloc, loyal to Kuwatli. The People’s Party founders were mainly notables from Aleppo who aimed at creating union between Syria and Iraq, maintaining a democratic government, and advocating stronger ties with the West. The Hashemite royal family in Baghdad supported the party and funded many of its activities.
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