First Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government | |
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 Cabinet of the Syrian Arab Republic | |
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| Date formed | 9 March 1963 |
| Date dissolved | 11 May 1963 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Lu'ay al-Atassi (As President of the NCRC) |
| Head of government | Salah al-Din al-Bitar |
| Deputy head of government | Nihad al-Qasim |
| Member party | Ba'ath Party |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Khalid al-Azm Government |
| Successor | Second Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government |
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The First Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from March to May 1963. The Cabinet of Syria was led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar. [1] This government was the 60th since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and the country's first Baathist government. [2]
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It was formed on March 9 by decree of the NCRC one day after the triumph of the 1963 Syrian coup d'état and dissolved two months later. [3] All vital ministries except the defense ministry — which was headed by independent Nasserite General Muhammad al-Sufi —were given to Ba'athists. [3]
