Nureddin Mustafa Ali al-Atassi (Arabic: نور الدين مصطفى الأتاسي, romanized: Nūr ad-Dīn Muṣṭafā al-'Atāsī, 11 January 1929 – 3 December 1992) was a Syrian politician who served as the president of Syria from 1966 to 1970. Atassi was the first Syrian president to address the United Nations General Assembly after the June 1967 War, a record that stood until President Ahmed al-Sharaa made an address in September 2025.
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Nureddin al-Atassi in the context of Ba'athist Syria
Ba'athist Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR), was the Syrian state between 1963 and 2024 under the one-party rule of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. From 1971 until its collapse in 2024, it was ruled by the Assad family, and was therefore commonly referred to as Assadist Syria or the Assad regime.
The regime emerged in 1963 as a result of a coup d'état led by Alawite Ba'athist military officers. Another coup in 1966 led to Salah Jadid becoming the country's de facto leader while Nureddin al-Atassi assumed the presidency. In 1970, Jadid and al-Atassi were overthrown by Hafez al-Assad in the Corrective Revolution. The next year, Assad became president after winning sham elections.
Nureddin al-Atassi in the context of Qutriyun
Qutriyun (also known as Iqlimiyyun or Regionalists) was a faction within the Ba'ath Party that promoted "Syria First" ideas instead of pan-Arabism. Their ideological beliefs were sometimes called "Regionalist Ba'athism." Yassin al-Hafiz, a communist who wrote a number of ideological works such as "Ba'athist experiment" (1963) or "A Few Theoretical Propositions" (1964), had a great influence on the ideology of early Syrian regionalists.
The Qutriyun were the most powerful faction in the Ba'ath Party since it seized power in Syria in 1963, and remained so until the fall of Syrian Ba'athism in 2024. The idea of "Qutriyunism" later also became the concept of Assadism. The term was later applied in the same derogatory manner to competing Islamist militias during the Syrian civil war. Within the party, they were opposed by the Qawmiyuri faction (Nationalists). The most prominent regionalist figures were considered to be Yusuf Zuayyin, Salah Jadid, Muhammad Umran and Hafez al-Assad.
Nureddin al-Atassi in the context of Ba'athist regime in Syria
Ba'athist Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR), was the Syrian state between 1963 and 2024 under the one-party rule of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. From 1970 until its collapse in 2024, it was ruled by the Assad family, and was therefore commonly referred to as the Assad regime or as Assadist Syria. Ba'athist Syria was also the only state member of the Axis of Resistance beside Iran, until its collapse in December 2024.
The regime emerged in 1963 as a result of a coup d'état led by Alawite Ba'athist military officers. Another coup in 1966 led to Salah Jadid becoming the country's de facto leader while Nureddin al-Atassi assumed the presidency. In 1970, Jadid and al-Atassi were overthrown by Hafez al-Assad in the Corrective Revolution. The next year, Assad became president after winning sham elections.