Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government

The Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from January to February 1966. The Cabinet of Syria led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar. This government was the 73rd since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918.

It was formed on January 1, 1966, and abruptly dissolved on February 23, 1966. This government was overthrown between 21 and 23 February 1966 in a coup d'état. The ruling National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party were removed from power by a union of a regionalists led by Salah Jadid.

Ministers

 * Dr. Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Prime Minister and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * Dr. Adnan Shuman, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Labour
 * Rais al-Farhan al-Fayyad, Deputy Prime Minister for Peninsula and Euphrates Affairs
 * Muwaffaq al-Sharbaji, Minister of Finance
 * Fahmy al-Ashuri, Minister of Interior
 * Major General Muhammad Umran, Minister of Defense
 * Dr. Muhammad al-Fadil, Minister of Justice
 * Jamil Thabit, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour
 * Dr. Salah Wazzan, Minister of Agriculture
 * Dr. Abdullah Abd al-Dayim, Minister of Education
 * Dr. Kamal Hosni, Minister of Economy
 * Shakir Mustafa, Minister of Information
 * Dr. Abd al-Wahhab Khayatah, Minister of Planning
 * Mahmud Tijar, Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
 * Kamal Shahadih, Minister of Supply
 * Dr. Ahmed Badr al-Din, Minister of Transport
 * Samih Fakhury, Minister of Public Works
 * Jamil Haddad, Minister of Agrarian Reform
 * Dr. Hanin Sayyaj, Minister of Health
 * Hisham al-Aas, Minister of Industry
 * Asaad Darqawi, Minister of Culture
 * Mahmoud Arab Said, Minister of Awqaf
 * Major General Mahmud Jabir, Minister for Presidential Affairs
 * Bashir Qutb, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
 * Yusuf Khabbaz, Minister of State Governance and Tourism
 * Nazzal Diri, Minister of State for Peninsula and Euphrates Affairs