Akram Deiri

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Akram Deiri (* around 1925 in Damascus ; † 1990 ) (أكرم الديري) (also: Akram Al-Deiri) was a Syrian officer and diplomat . He was a member of the Syrian military - delegation , which in February 1958 after Cairo had traveled to the immediate union of the two countries in the framework of the United Arab Republic between Syria and Egypt to demand.

Life

Akram was born into the Deiri family, a very old and well-known family from Damascus. He attended elementary, middle and secondary schools there. His military career began at the end of 1945 and he attended the military academy in Damascus . Due to the war in 1948, he and his comrades were discharged early from the academy with the rank of lieutenant . Due to his above-average performance, he was promoted to first lieutenant early . In 1955 he was appointed chief of the military police force in Damascus. He later became head of the military academy and then in command of the Palestine Front . During the years of the United Arab Republic, he was Minister of Labor and Social Affairs. In 1962, he was appointed Chairman of the United Arab Republic's Appeals Committee by President Gamal Abdel Nasser to attend the Chtoura Conference on Syria's Complaint. However, this act was viewed as interference in the national affairs of Syria, since it had left the United Arab Republic on September 28, 1961. After its end, Egypt kept the name United Arab Republic until 1972.