Muhsin al-Barazi

Muhsin al-Barazi
محسن البرازي
Prime Minister of Syria
In office
25 June 1949 – 14 August 1949
PresidentHusni al-Za'im
Preceded byHusni al-Za'im
Succeeded byHashim al-Atassi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1948–1948
Preceded byJamil Mardam Bey
Succeeded byKhalid al-Azm
In office
25 June 1949 – 14 August 1949
Preceded byAdil Arslan
Succeeded byNazim al-Kudsi
Personal details
Born1904
Hama, Ottoman Syria
Died14 August 1949(1949-08-14) (aged 44–45)
Damascus, Syria
PartyLeague of Nationalist Action

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 military coup d'état by members of the far-right SSNP overthrew his government.

Early life

Al-Barazi was born to a prominent Kurdish[1] family in Hama and obtained a law degree from the University of Paris in 1930. He later became a professor of law at Damascus University.[2]

Political career

Between April and September 1941, Al-Barazi served as minister of education in the first cabinet of Khalid al-Azm.[2]

Al-Barazi, along with al-Zaim, as-Solh and al-Khoury at the Syrian-Lebanese summit of July 1949

Downfall and execution

Colonel Sami al-Hinnawi, along with several other SSNP officers, led a coup d'état that overthrew the al-Zaim regime on 14 August 1949. Al-Zaim and al-Barazi were captured and executed by a firing squad at the Military Barracks, in Damascus.[3]

His granddaughter, Arwa Damon, is a CNN senior international correspondent, and his cousin’s grandson Azad Al-Barazi is a swimmer.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Moubayed, Sami (2 May 2025). "After a Century, the Question of the Kurds' Place in Syria Remains Unresolved". New Lines Magazine. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel & Silk: Men & Women Who Shaped Syria 1900–2000. Cune Press. pp. 204–205. ISBN 1-885942-41-9.
  3. ↑ Moubayed, Sami M. (2000). Damascus Between Democracy and Dictatorship. University Press of America. pp. 48–50. ISBN 978-0-7618-1744-4.
  4. ↑ Heidi Mitchell (19 November 2012). "Facing the Truth: CNN's Arwa Damon". Vogue. pp. 1–3. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
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