UAR, to become Prime Minister in April 1962 and Rashad Barmada (Qudsi's long time friend) became the Deputy Prime minister. His cabinet included members of the socialist Ba'ath Party that was pro-Nasser. Qudsi and Azma dispatched Foreign Minister Adnan al-Azhari to Cairo to mend relations with the Egyptian President. When that failed, however, they filed a complaint to the Arab League, accusing him of wanting to destabilize Syria through interfering in its domestic affairs and calling on the army to rebel against the government. On 8 March 1963, however, another coup d'état took place in Syria, launched by the Military Committee of the Ba'ath Party. The officers who came to power pledged to restore the UAR and had Qudsi arrested. He was released after a while. He moved to Lebanon, Europe, and finally to Jordan where he lived in exile until his death in February 1998. References Further reading Sami Moubayed, "Steel & Silk: Men and Women Who Shaped Syria 1900-2000" (Cune Press, Seattle, 2005). 1906 births 1998 deaths Ambassadors of Syria to the United States American University of Beirut alumni Foreign ministers of Syria 20th-century Syrian politicians Leaders ousted by a coup National Bloc (Syria) politicians People from Aleppo People's Party (Syria) politicians Presidents of Syria Prime Ministers of Syria Speakers of the People's Assembly of Syria Syrian Sunni Muslims University of Geneva alumni Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni Al-Qudsi family