Yusuf Zuayyin

{{short description|Prime minister of Syria (1965, 1966–1968)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Yusuf Zuayyin

| image = Yusuf Zuayyin.jpg

| caption = Zuayyin in June 1967

| office = Prime Minister of Syria

| term_start = 1 March 1966

| term_end = 29 October 1968

| predecessor = Salah al-Din al-Bitar

| successor = Nureddin al-Atassi

| president = Nureddin al-Atassi

| office2 =

| term_start2 = 23 September 1965

| term_end2 = 21 December 1965

| predecessor2 = Amin al-Hafiz

| successor2 = Salah al-Din al-Bitar

| president2 = Amin al-Hafiz

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 25 January 1931

| birth_place = Abu Kamal, French Mandate of Syria
(present-day Syria)

| death_date = 10 January 2016 (aged 84)

| death_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| spouse =

| children =

| occupation =

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| party = Ba'ath Party

| native_name = {{Lang|ar|{{Script/Arabic|يوسف زعيّـن}}|rtl=yes}}

| native_name_lang = ar

}}

Yusuf Zuayyin ({{Langx|ar|يوسف زعيّـن}}‎; 25 January 1931 – 10 January 2016{{Cite web|url=http://www.svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/89800253|title=Sök gravsatt på SvenskaGravar.se|access-date=2020-12-22|archive-date=2021-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210075421/http://www.svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/89800253|url-status=live}}) 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.{{Cite web |title=Syria : a country study |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/87600488/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA|series=Area handbook series |date=1988 }} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://syria-nass.com/?p=68759|title=وفاة رئيس الوزراء السوري الأسبق يوسف الزعين في استوكهولم|work=syria-nass.com|date=11 January 2016|access-date=13 January 2016|language=ar|archive-date=7 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207160813/http://syria-nass.com/?p=68759|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://en.deirezzor24.net/dr-yusuf-zuayyin-from-the-city-of-albu-kamal-a-former-prime-minister-of-syria-has-passed-away-in-sweden/|title=Dr. Yusuf Zu'ayyin from the city of Albu Kamal, a former prime minister of Syria, has passed away in Sweden|work=en.deirezzor24.net|date=11 January 2016|access-date=13 January 2016|archive-date=13 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113093136/http://en.deirezzor24.net/dr-yusuf-zuayyin-from-the-city-of-albu-kamal-a-former-prime-minister-of-syria-has-passed-away-in-sweden/|url-status=dead}}