Atassi

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al- Atassi ( Arabic الأتاسي, DMG al-Atāssī ) is the name of a Sunni landowning family originally from Homs , Syria . In the 20th century, the family also gained possession, power and influence in Damascus .

Significant family members:

  • Abdel Karim al-Atassi , Syrian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1970s
  • Adnan al-Atassi (1905–1969), Syrian Ambassador in the 1940s and Minister of Justice in the 1950s
  • Ali al-Atassi (* 1967), Nureddin's son, Syrian journalist and civil rights activist
  • Jamal al-Atassi (1922–2000), initially Baathist information minister in Syria, then nasserist opponent of Hafiz al-Assad
  • Farhan al-Atassi , executed in 1965 as an (alleged) Israeli or American spy
  • Faydi al-Atassi , Syrian Foreign Minister three times between 1951 and 1955
  • Haschim al-Atassi (1875–1960), Syrian statesman
  • Jawdat al-Atassi (1925–?), Syrian diplomat and military, Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1960s
  • Louai al-Atassi (1926–2003), 1963 interim president of Syria
  • Nureddin al-Atassi (1929–1992), Syrian statesman
  • Suheir Atassi (* 1971), Jamal's daughter, Syrian dissident