Nabih al-Azma (

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: 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 is the nephew of

Yusuf al-'Azma Yusuf al-Azma ( ar, يوسف العظمة, ALA-LC: ''Yūsuf al-ʻAẓmah''; 1883 – 24 July 1920) was the Syrian minister of war in the governments of prime ministers Rida al-Rikabi and Hashim al-Atassi, and the Arab Army's chief of general st ...

. 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.

References

Syrian ministers of defense Al-Azma family 1886 births 1964 deaths {{Syria-politician-stub