About Yusuf Zuayyin
Lived 1931 – 2016 (aged 84). Yusuf Zuayyin was a Syrian politician and physician.
Yusuf Zuayyin (; 25 January 1931 – 10 January 2016 ) was a Syrian politician. A member of the Ba'ath Party, he served as Prime Minister of Syria in 1965 and again from 1966 to 1968. He was born in Abu Kamal.
After the 1970 coup, Zuayyin was arrested on November 13, 1970 and imprisoned for 11 years. He was released in 1981, being allowed to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatment. After his recovery, he lived in Hungary and Sweden.
Zuayyin died after a long illness on 10 January 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden at the age of 84.
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Who was Yusuf Zuayyin?
Syrian physician and politician (1931-2016)
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Yusuf Zuayyin was born on 17 November 1931 in Abu Kamal.
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Yusuf Zuayyin died on 10 January 2016 in Stockholm.
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Yusuf Zuayyin was a politician and physician.
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Yusuf Zuayyin was Syrian.
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