The Corrective Movement, also referred to as the Corrective Revolution, was a political movement in Syria, initiated by a coup d'état, led by General Hafez al-Assad, on which date, he was a Syrian statesman, politician, and general who was President of Syria from 1971 to 2000?
Hafez al-Assad Hafez al-Assad (Arabic: حافظ الأسد‎ ‎ "Ḥāfiẓ al-ʾAsad ", ] ] ; 6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman, politician, and general who was President of Syria from 1971 to 2000. He was also Prime Minister from 1970 to 1971, as well as Regional Secretary of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Secretary General of the National Command of the Ba'ath Party from 1970 to 2000.
United Arab Republic The United Arab Republic (UAR; Arabic: الجمهورية العربية المتحدة‎ ‎ "al-Jumhūrīyah al-'Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah ") was a state, and between 1958 and 1961, a short-lived political union between Egypt and Syria. The union began in 1958 and existed until 1961, when Syria seceded from the union after the 1961 Syrian coup d'état. In 1971 the UAR was renamed the Arab Republic of Egypt. The president was Gamal Abdel Nasser. The UAR was a member of the United Arab States, a loose confederation with North Yemen, which was dissolved in 1961.