Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj, Syrian colonel and politician (born 1925)

Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj

Syrian Army officer and politician (1925–2013)

Abdul Hamid Sarraj was a Syrian military officer and politician. When the United Arab Republic was declared, Sarraj, a staunch Arab nationalist and supporter of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, played a key role in the leadership of the Syrian region of the UAR. Due to the…