Nabih al-Azma

Nabih al-Azma (نبيه العظمة‎; 1886 – 1964) was a Syrian politician and the defense minister of Syria in 1946.

Background
Nabih was born in Damascus in 1886 to a notable family in Damascus and he was the nephew of Yusuf al-'Azma. He studied at the Ottoman Military Academy and graduated in 1917 from Istanbul.

Career
He was elected to the Syrian parliament, and served as defense minister in 1946.