[2] The 1st Extraordinary Regional Congress held in 1964 decided that the Secretary-General of the Central Command would also be head of state.
[3] Amin al-Hafiz, the incumbent secretary, became head of state and retained his post as Prime Minister.
[4] The secretariat was given the powers to appoint the Prime Minister, the cabinet, the commander-in-chief and the leading military commanders.
[7] Before the schism between the Military Committee led by Salah Jadid and the Aflaqites, and the ensuing 1966 coup d'état, the National Command was the leading party organ.
[17] Ali Mahmoud Abbas Safwan Abu Saada Izzat Arabi Katbi Mahmoud Zanuboua Ibrahim al-Hadid Fadel Najjar Ayman al-Daqqaq Taha Khalifa Samir Khadr Fadel Warda Yasser Shaheen Jumana Al-Nouri