Gen. Amin Hafiz (or Hafez) was a Syrian politician, military officer and a member of the Ba'th Party. Genesis (Greek: Γένεσις, having the meanings of birth, creation, cause, beginning, source and origin) is the first book of the Torah (five books of Moses) and hence the first book of the Tanakh, part of the Hebrew Bible; it is also the first book of the Christian Old Testament. ... Baath Party flag The Baath Parties (also spelled Baath or Bath; Arabic: اﻟﺒﻌﺚ) comprise political parties representing the political face of the Baath movement. ...

Hafiz led a coup d'êtat against the government of Syria in 1963, in the turbulent years after the break-up of the United Arab Republic (UAR), installing the National Council of the Revolutionary Command (NCRC) at the head of government. The NCRC was dominated by the Syrian branch of the radical, pan-Arab Ba'th Party, and Hafiz became its President. As President, he institued socialist reforms and oriented his country towards the Eastern Block. A coup détat (pronounced kÅ« dā ta), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... Capital Cairo Created 1958 Dissolved 1961 Demonym Arab The United Arab Republic (Arabic: لجمهورية العربية المتحدة - al jumhuriya al-arabia al-muttahida) (UAR) was the state formed by the union between the republics of Egypt and Syria in 1958. ... Pan-Arabism is a movement for unification among the Arab peoples and nations of the Middle East. ... Baath Party flag The Baath Parties (also spelled Baath or Bath; Arabic: اﻟﺒﻌﺚ) comprise political parties representing the political face of the Baath movement. ... This page lists presidents and other Heads of State of Syria. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... During the Cold War, the Eastern Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) comprised the following Central and Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Albania (until the early 1960s, see below), the Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia. ...

On February 23, 1966, he was overthrown by a radical Ba'thist faction headed by Chief of Staff Salah Jadid. The coup sprung out of factional rivalry between Jadid's "regionalist" (qutri) camp of the Ba'th Party, which promoted ambitions for a Greater Syria and the more traditionally pan-Arab Hafiz faction, called the "nationalist" (qawmi) faction.[1] Jadid's supporters were also seen as more radically left-wing. But the coup was also supported and led by officers from Syria's religious minorities, especially the Alawite Muslims and the Druze, whereas Hafiz belonged to the majority Sunni population. Alawis have ruled Syria ever since. February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Salah Jadid (1926? - 1993) was a Syrian general and political figure. ... Headline text Greater Syria, also known (in a historic context) as Syria, or Bilad ash-Sham (بلاد الشام, its Arabic name) is a historic region in the Middle East bordering the Mediterranean. ... The Alawites form a Middle Eastern religious group prominent in Syria. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) (sometimes also spelled Moslem) is an adherent of Islam. ... The Druze (Arabic: duruzÄ« درزي, pl. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ...

After the coup, Hafiz lived in exile until 2005, when he was quietly permitted to return to Syria.[2]