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{{Short description|Syrian doctor and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Bashir al-Azma<br>بشير العظَمة
| image               = Bashir al-Azma.jpg
| order               = [[Prime Minister of Syria]]
| president           = [[Nazim al-Kudsi]]
| term_start          = April 16, 1962
| term_end            = September 17, 1962
| predecessor         = [[Maaruf al-Dawalibi]]
| successor           = [[Khalid al-Azm]]
| birth_date          = 1910
| birth_place         = [[Damascus]], [[Syria vilayet]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
| death_date          = 1992 (aged 82)
| death_place         = [[Damascus]], [[Syrian Arab Republic]]
| deputy1             = [[Rashad Barmada]]
}}
'''Bashir al-Azma''' (1910&ndash;1992) ({{langx|ar|بشير العظَمة}}) was a [[Syria]]n [[Doctor of Medicine|doctor]] and politician. He served as  [[Prime Minister of Syria]] from 16 April to 17 September 1962.

He was born in and raised in the capital [[Damascus]]. He obtained his undergraduate degree in [[Medicine]] from [[Damascus University]] and his graduate in [[Paris]].  He became the Minister of Health under the [[United Arab Republic]] (UAR) but resigned due to a conflict with [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]. Later, he became the Prime Minister of Syria after the dissolution of the UAR.

Bashir al-Azma was one of several Syrian Prime Ministers who intended to keep Syria out of the east–west conflict and demonstrate its passive approach to it.  On 22 April 1962, al-Azma declared on Radio Damascus that [[Foreign relations of Syria|Syria's foreign policy]] continued to be based on "the principles of positive [[Neutral country|neutrality]] and [[Non-Aligned Movement|non-alignment]] with military blocs, non-participation in the [[Cold War]], and respect for the principles of the [[UN Charter]]."<ref>Shalom, Zakai. ''Israel's Nuclear Option.'' Sussex, Sussex Academic Press.  2005.</ref>

==Personal life==
Bashir al-Azma was from the distinguished [[Azma family|al-Azma family]].

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