Said Al-Ghazzi ( Arabic : سعيد الغزي ; 11 June 1893 – 18 September 1967) was a Syrian lawyer, politician and two time prime minister of Syria . He was born in Damascus .
5-587: Said al-Ghazzi Independent Faris al-Khoury People's Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 24 and 25 September 1954, with a second round held between 4 and 5 October. Independent candidates emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, whilst the People's Party became the largest single party, with 30 seats. The Muslim Brotherhood did not participate as such. There were 64 independents, of whom some were close to
10-489: The Muslim Brotherhood or to other parties, which explains the discrepancies in the results in various books, and there were also 9 tribal deputies. Some sources mention 140 deputies in total, other 142. This Asian election-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Syria -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Said al-Ghazzi Said belonged to
15-554: The justice minister in 1936, 1945 and 1947. In 1946 he was the finance minister and in 1947 he also served as the national economy minister. In 1954 he was prime minister. The following year he was foreign minister. In 1962 Sa'id served as the president of the Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria . His daughter Nadia al-Ghazzi is a lawyer, writer, and TV presenter, and his niece is the poet and artist Huda Naamani . This article about
20-525: The prominent al-Ghazzi family, which was established in Damascus since the 14th century and which historically provided the leadership of the Shafi'i madhhab (school of law) and produced dozens of noted scholars over the centuries. In the late 19th and early 20th century members of the family consistently held a seat in the municipal council and became increasingly involved in politics. Sa'id's great-grandfather Umar
25-635: Was the mufti of the Shafi'is and was considered by a biographer to be the most preeminent of the notables of Damascus in his lifetime. He was implicated in the 1860 massacres of Christians in the city and imprisoned in Cyprus where he died the following year. Sa'id's eponymous grandfather voluntarily accompanied his father Umar but nothing more is heard of him. His son Abd al-Wahab was Sa'id's father. A lawyer by occupation, Sa'id entered politics during French rule and following Syria 's independence in 1946. He served as
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