Second Syrian Republic

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Syrian Republic اَلْجُمْهُورِيَّةُ ٱلْسُوْرِيَّة (Arabic) al-Jumhūrīyah as-Sūriyyah (1950–1958) Northern Region (Syria) (1958–1961) Syrian Arab Republic اَلْجُمْهُورِيَّةُ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةُ ٱلْسُوْرِيَّة (Arabic) al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʿArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah (1961–1963)
1950–1963
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: "Ḥumāt ad-Diyār" (English: "Guardians of the Homeland")[1]
Status	Component of the United Arab Republic (1958–61)
Capital	Damascus 33°30′N 36°18′E / 33.500°N 36.300°E / 33.500; 36.300
Largest city	Aleppo 36°20′N 37°16′E / 36.333°N 37.267°E / 36.333; 37.267
Official languages	Arabic
Recognised languages	Syriac Armenian Kurdish
Religion	Islam (all branches incl. Alawite) Christianity Judaism Druzism Yazidism
Demonym(s)	Syrian
Government	Military dictatorship (1950–1951) One-party military dictatorship (1951–1954) Unitary parliamentary republic (1954–1958, 1961–1963)
President
• 1950–1951	Hashim al-Atassi (first)
• 1961–1963	Nazim al-Kudsi (last)
Vice President of Syria
• 1952–1954	Maamun al-Kuzbari
Prime Minister
• 1950	Nazim al-Kudsi (first)
• 1962–1963	Khalid al-Azm (last)
Historical era	Cold War
• Independence of First Syrian Republic	17 April 1946
• New constitution adopted	5 September 1950
• 1958 Syrian United Arab Republic referendum	21 February 1958
• Merger with Egypt	22 February 1958
• 1961 Syrian coup d'état	28 September 1961
• Republic restored	29 September 1961 (7:30 am)
• Ba'athist seizure of power	8 March 1963
Area
• Total	189,880 km2 (73,310 sq mi)
Currency	Syrian pound
ISO 3166 code	SY
Preceded by Succeeded by 1950 First Syrian Republic 1961 United Arab Republic 1958 United Arab Republic 1963 Ba'athist Syria

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The Second Syrian Republic,^[2][3] officially the Syrian Republic^[a] from 1950 to 1958 and the Syrian Arab Republic^[b] from 1961 to 1963, succeeded the First Syrian Republic that had become de facto independent in April 1946 from the French Mandate. The Second Republic was founded on the Syrian Constitution of 1950, which was suspended from 1950 to 1954 under Adib Shishakli's strongmanship, and later when Syria joined with the Republic of Egypt in forming the United Arab Republic in 1958. The Second Republic resumed when Syria withdrew from the union in 1961. In 1963, the Syrian Ba'athist Party came to power in a bloodless military coup, which laid the foundations for the political structure in Ba'athist Syria.

The green, white, black and red flag is the first flag of the Syrian Arab Republic and with the shortest usage, that being from 1961 to 1963. It was also the flag of the Syrian opposition during the Syrian civil war, and became the official flag of Syria anew in 2025.^[4][5]

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