Ahmad Nami

Ahmed Nami
Ahmed Nami
أحمد نامي
	Ahmad Nami dressed in full Masonic attire in 1925
2nd President of Syria and 5th Prime Minister of Syria
	In office; 28 April 1926 – 15 February 1928
Preceded by	Subhi Bey Barakat
Succeeded by	Taj al-Din al-Hasani
Personal details
Born	Ahmed Nami; 1873; Beirut, Beirut Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	13 December 1962 (aged 88–89); Beirut, Lebanon
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Ayşe Sultan (m. 1910; div. 1921)

"Al-Damad" Ahmad Nami or "Damat" Ahmet Nami (Arabic: أحمد نامي, romanized: Aḥmad Nāmī;‎ 1873 – 13 December 1962^[1]^[2]) was an Ottoman prince (damat), the fifth prime minister of Syria and second president of Syria (1926–28), and a lecturer of history and politics.

His first language was Turkish and could hardly speak Arabic.^[3]

^ "Index Na-Ne". Rulers.org.
^ Beşşar’ın koltuğunun ilk sahipleri, Yıldız Sarayı’ndan yetişmiş bu iki Osmanlı idi
^ Mardam Bey, Salma (1997). Syria's Quest for Independence. Ithaca Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-86372-175-5. Al-Damand was a man of Turkish origin, who could hardly speak Arabic...