Bashir al-Azma

Bashir al-Azma (1910–1992) (Arabic: بشير العظَمة), was a Syrian doctor and politician.

He obtained his undergraduate degree in Medicine from Damascus University and his graduate in Paris.

He became the Minister of Health under the United Arab Republic (UAR) but resigned due to a conflict with Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Bashir al-Azma was one of several Syrian Prime Ministers who intended to keep Syria out of the east–west conflict and demonstrate its passive approach to it.

On 22 April 1962, al-Azma declared on Radio Damascus that Syria's foreign policy continued to be based on "the principles of positive neutrality and non-alignment with military blocs, non-participation in the Cold War, and respect for the principles of the UN Charter.

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