1800 - 1900 1800
1900 - 1919 1900
1920 - 1929 1920
1930 - 1939 1930
1940 - 1949 1940
1950 - 1959 1950
1960 - 1969 1960
1970 - 1979 1970
1980 - 1989 1980
1990 - 1999 1990 1999

1901

1901

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1906

Feb 26

Nazem Al Koudsi born in Aleppo, Syria

1910

1910

Went to Nursery school Al Khoja

1912

1912

Joined the elementary school Shams Al Taraqi

1914

1914

Joined the Franciscans school in Aleppo

1915

1915

Joined the Armenian Catholic school in Aleppo

1916

1916

Joined the German Secondary school in Aleppo.

1918

1918

Joined the Ahliya Eastern secondary school in Aleppo

1919

1919

Travelled to Beirut and joined the secondary section of the Syrian Protestant college which is now called the American University of Beirut

1919

Travelled to Beirut and joined the secondary section of the Syrian Protestant college which is now called the American University of Beirut

1920

1920

Returned to Aleppo and joined the Franciscans school and earned his Baccalaureate degree

1923

Jan 01

Joined the Syrian University Law School and earned his law degree with honors

1926

1926

Traveled to France then Switzerland and joined Geneva University and earned the Doctorate degree with honors in International Law

1929

1929

Returned to Aleppo and joined the National Bloc political front against the French Mandate

1930

Jan 01

Joined the law office of his school friend Dr. Edmond Rabbat as a partner and joined the Lawyers Syndicate in Aleppo.

1934

1934

Married to Shahira Salahieh, daughter of Hajji Abdullah son of Hajji Abdul Kader Salahieh

1934

Imprisoned by the French authorities together with the leadership of the National Block in Aleppo

1935

1935

Chosen by the leadership of the National Block to be on the committee of the leadership of the National Guard

Nov 18

National Block leader Ibrahim Hanano died and he was one of four persons to carry his coffin to the grave

1939

1939

Elected by the Parliament to be the Second Secretary of the office of the parliament

1939

The parliament was dissolved at the start of the second World War and he resigned from the National Block with a number of other leaders from Aleppo

1939

Was offered to be paid propagandist by the British counsel in Aleppo but declined, which is alos confirmed by the British archives included in this ...

1943

1943

Elected to the Parliament with his political partner Rushdi Al Kekhia as independents members and formed with other members the political opposition group

1943

Elected to the Parliament with his political partner Rushdi Al Kekhia as independents members and formed with other members the political opposition ...

1944

1944

Asked a Parliamentary question about the corruption and was appointed the Head of Parliamentary Corruption Committee and the goverment resigned as a ...

1946

1946

Member of the Syrian delegation to the Security Council meeting in London where the council resolved that French Army withdraw totaly from Syria

1946

Returned to Syria after 13 months absence

1946

Presented to the parliament a draft parliamentary election law which was approved by the parliament and changed the elections from two stages to one

1949

1949

General Husni Al Zaim, the Coup D’etat leader, tried to force him to be the prime minister at the coup but he declined

1949

Appointed as Foreign Minister in Hashim Al Atassi's government

Nov 16

Elected to the parliament for the fourth time on the People Party list for drafting the new Syrian constitution

Dec 24

President Hashem Al Attassi asked him to become Prime Minister and form his first government

Dec 27

He resigned as Prime Minister before the government's first meeting after he met with the military chiefs that day

1950

Jun 04

President Hashem Al Attassi asked him to become Prime Minister and form his second government

Jun 04

President Hashem Al Attassi asked him to become Prime Minister and form his second government

1953

Jul 04

Participated with Rushdi Al Kekhia in the political meeting in President Hashem Al Attasi's house upon the military revolt against the rule of General Shishakli

Jul 04

Participated with Rushdi Al Kekhia in the political meeting in President Hashem Al Attasi's house upon the military revolt against the rule of General ...

1954

Sep 25

Elected as a member of parliament representing Aleppo for the fifth and last time

Sep 25

Elected as a member of parliament representing Aleppo for the fifth and last time

1955

1958

Feb 01

The parliament dissolved itself after voting to accept the immediate union with Egypt and he never nominated himself again in parliamentary elections

Feb 04

At the request of President Nasser, he held his second private meeting with him at the presidential palace in Damascus

Jul 14

He turned down an offer by President Nasser to be his personal representative at the court of Imam Al Badr in Yemen

1959

1959

He participated in the establishment of the Arab World Bank in Syria and became the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Office of the bank

1959

He participated in the establishment of the Arab World Bank in Syria and became the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Office of the bank

1961

Oct 02

Army Revolted against Union with Egypt and he refused to sign the Cessation Declaration as invited by the Syrian Army which many Syrian politicians ...

1966

1966

At the invitation of his friend King Faisal he went to Mecca for piligrimage and declined thankfully to become special counselor to the King at the ...

1967

1967

Traveled to Geneva to meet King Faisal of Saudi ARabia to request full support for Egypt and Syria in the 1967 war against Israel

1974

1974

Started recording his political memoirs with the assistance of the American University of Beirut

1976

1976

Departed from Lebanon at the beginning of the Civil War to Tunisia as a guest of President Bourguiba and then as a private visitor

1977

1977

Moved to Nice in France and lived there with his wife, daughter Ahed and youngest son Fares

1985

1985

Moved to Abu Dhabi and lived with his son Fawwaz

1986

1986

Moved to Amman Jordan and lived adjacent to his son Faiz

1986

Moved to Amman Jordan and lived adjacent to his son Faiz

1990

1990

Resumed recording his memoirs at the instigation of his son Faiz

1998

Feb 07

Passed away and buried near his wife in the family's cemetery in Amman

Feb 07

Passed away and buried near his wife in the family's cemetery in Amman