Mikhail Ilyan or "Elian" (Arabic: ميخائيل اليان), was a Syrian politician who served as foreign minister of Syria in the 1940s.[1]
Biography
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 1949 he was among the founders of Hizb al Watani (Arabic: The Nationalist Party).[3] In 1956 he headed the Anglo-American sponsored coup in Syria.[4]
References
- ^ Randall Fowler (2018). More Than a Doctrine: The Eisenhower Era in the Middle East. Potomac Books. ISBN 978-1-61234-997-8.
- ^ Sami Moubayed (2006). Steel & Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900-2000. Seattle, WA: Cune Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-885942-41-8.
- ^ Salma S. Haddad (1965). The United Arab Republic, 1958-1961. The Northern Region: Selected Aspects of the Impact of Union on the Northern Region (MA thesis). American University of Beirut. p. 6. ISBN 9781085683814. ProQuest 2308204315.
- ^ Yagil Henkin (2015). The 1956 Suez War and the New World Order in the Middle East: Exodus in Reverse. Lanham, MD; Boulder, CO; New York; London: Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-8721-0.