Salah Tarazi

Salah El-Dine Tarazi (; 24 December 1917 – 4 October 1980 in) was a Syrian lawyer and diplomat. He represented his homeland at the meetings of the General Assembly of the United Nations and as an ambassador to various countries. He served as a judge at the International Court of Justice from 1976 until his death.

Life and career

Salah el-Dine Tarazi was born in Damascus in 1917 and completed his legal education at the Collège des Frères there and at the École Française de Droit in Beirut. He then worked as a lawyer in his hometown from 1940 to 1947. After his doctorate in 1945, he taught public law at the University of Damascus from 1946 to 1949.