Member State of the Arab League The Fifth Salah al-Din al-Bitar Government ruled Syria from January to February 1966.

The Cabinet of Syria led by then-Prime Minister Salah al-Din al-Bitar.

This government was the 73rd since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918.

This government was overthrown between 21 and 23 February 1966 in a coup d'état.

[2] The ruling National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party were removed from power by a union of a regionalists led by Salah Jadid.