What is Salah Jadid?
{{Infobox Politician |name=Salah Jadid |image=General Salah Jadid.jpg |birth_date=1926 |birth_place=[[Dweir Baabda]], [[Latakia Governorate|Latakia]], [[French Mandate of Syria|Syria]] |death_date={{death date and age|1993|8|19|1926}} |death_place=[[Damascus]], [[Syria]] |office=[[Assistant Regional Secretary of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Assistant Regional Secretary]]<br>of the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Syrian Regional Branch]] |term_start=August 1, 1965 |term_end=November 13, 1970 |predecessor=Muhammad az-Zubi |successor=Jaber Bajbouj |1blankname=Regional&nbsp;Secretary |1namedata=[[Amin al-Hafiz]]<br>[[Nureddin al-Atassi]] |office2=Chief of Staff of the [[Syrian Army]] |term_start2=November 11, 1963 |term_end2=1966 |predecessor2=[[Ziad al-Hariri]] |successor2=Ahmad Suwaydani |office3=Member of the [[Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Regional Command]]<br>of the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Syrian Regional Branch]] |term_start3=March 1966 |term_end3=November 13, 1970 |term_start4=February 1, 1964 |term_end4=December 19, 1965 |party=[[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Syrian Regional Branch]] of the (first) [[Ba'ath Party|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] (1947–1966) and then [[Ba'ath Party (Syrian-led faction)|Syrian-dominated Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] }} '''Salah Jadid''' (1926 &ndash; 19 August 1993, {{lang-ar|صلاح جديد}}) was a [[Syria]]n [[general]] and ultra-left-wing [[Politician|political figure]] in the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Syria]], and the country's ''de facto'' leader from 1966 until 1970, when he was ousted by [[Hafez al-Assad]]'s [[Corrective Movement (Syria)|Corrective Movement]].<ref name=obibulloch>{{cite news|last=Bulloch|first=John|title=Obituary: Salah Jadid|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-salah-jadid-1462907.html|access-date=7 April 2013|newspaper=The Independent|date=23 August 1993|archive-date=15 January 2018|archive-u