Saadallah al-Jabiri (; 1893–1947) was a Syrian statesman and politician who served as the two-time

prime minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

and a two-time Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

. Jabiri was exiled by the French authorities to the village of Douma in North Lebanon, where he rented the house of Melhim Kheir. His sister, Fayza al-Jabiri, was married to Riad Al Solh, two-time

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

.''The Middle East enters the twenty-first century''
By Robert Owen Freedman, Baltimore University 2002, page 218. The

Saadallah al-Jabiri Square Saadallah Al-Jabiri Square () is the central town square at the heart of the Syrian city of Aleppo. It is the most important square in the city, experiencing most of the celebrations and festivals in Aleppo. The square is named after former Syria ...

in central Aleppo city is named after him.

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Al-Jabiri family 1890s births 1948 deaths Prime ministers of Syria Foreign ministers of Syria Speakers of the People's Assembly of Syria National Bloc (Syria) politicians Politicians from Aleppo Syrian Arab nationalists Mekteb-i Mülkiye alumni Ministers of defense of Syria 20th-century Syrian politicians {{Syria-politician-stub