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After France instituted its colonial mandate over Syria after the First World War, he became an officer in the French Army and later in the Syrian Army of the newly-independent Syrian Republic.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1897","date":"1897"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167543#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Aleppo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41183"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167543#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"14 August 1949","date":"1949-08-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167543#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Damascus","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3766"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167543#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Ottoman Empire","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12560","end":"1918"},{"text":"Arab Kingdom of Syria","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146600","start":"1918","end":"1920"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167543#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"military personnel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47064"},{"text":"rebel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1125062"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167543#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Syrian Social Nationalist Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q767681"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167543#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Ottoman Military College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7109936"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167543#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Prime Minister of Syria (17 April 1949 – 26 June 1949)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7243302","start":"1949-04-17","end":"1949-06-26"},{"text":"President of Syria (30 March 1949 – 14 August 1949)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q648464","start":"1949-03-30","end":"1949-08-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167543#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husni_al-Za'im","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167543"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Husni al-Za'im born?","a":"Husni al-Za'im was born on 1897 in Aleppo."},{"q":"What positions has Husni al-Za'im held?","a":"Positions held by Husni al-Za'im include: Prime Minister of Syria (1949–1949); President of Syria (1949–1949)."},{"q":"Where did Husni al-Za'im study?","a":"Husni al-Za'im was educated at Ottoman Military College."}],"related":[{"name":"Khalid al-Azm","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/khalid-al-azm"},{"name":"Ata Bey al-Ayyubi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ata-bey-al-ayyubi"},{"name":"Taj al-Din al-Hasani","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/taj-al-din-al-hasani"},{"name":"Hashim al-Atassi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hashim-al-atassi"},{"name":"Jamil al-Ulshi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jamil-al-ulshi"},{"name":"Hafez al-Assad","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hafez-al-assad"},{"name":"Shukri al-Quwatli","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/shukri-al-quwatli"},{"name":"Bashar al-Assad","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bashar-al-assad"},{"name":"Ahmed al-Sharaa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmed-al-sharaa"},{"name":"Ahmad al-Khatib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmad-al-khatib"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/husni-al-za-im-4db7f86165.jpg","width":252,"height":450,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Husni_al-Zaiim.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Husni al-Za'im","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husni_al-Za'im","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q167543","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167543","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Husni al-Zaiim.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Husni_al-Zaiim.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Husni al-Za'im, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Husni al-Zaiim.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Husni al-Za'im\". DigiNepal. Last updated 9 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/husni-al-za-im. Retrieved 9 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-09T06:57:02Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-09","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/husni-al-za-im","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/husni-al-za-im","ne":null}}