Mikhail Ilyan

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Mikhail Ilyan
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
August 26, 1945 – September 30, 1945
PresidentShukri al-Quwatli
Minister of Public Works
In office
April 26, 1946 – December 27, 1946
PresidentShukri al-Quwatli
Personal details
Born1880
Aleppo, Syira

Mikhail Ilyan (Arabic: ميخائيل اليان), was a Syrian politician who served as foreign minister of Syria in the 1940s.[1]

Background

He was born in Aleppo in 1880 to a wealthy family. In 1928 he cofounded the National Bloc. He was elected as a member (MP) of the Syrian Parliament for many terms and in 1945 he served as minister of foreign affairs.[2] In 1956 he headed the Anglo-American sponsored coup in Syria.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fowler, Randall (2018-05-01). More Than a Doctrine: The Eisenhower Era in the Middle East. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-61234-997-8.
  2. ^ Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel & Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900-2000. Cune Press. ISBN 978-1-885942-41-8.
  3. ^ Henkin, Yagil (2015-10-22). The 1956 Suez War and the New World Order in the Middle East: Exodus in Reverse. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7391-8721-0.