▁minister . ▁However , ▁when ▁the ▁Ba ' ath ist - domin ated ▁Military ▁Committee — the ▁secret ive ▁jun ta ▁that ▁virt ually ▁controlled ▁Sy ria — p urg ed ▁do z ens ▁of ▁N asser ists ▁from ▁the ▁officer ▁corps ▁in ▁April ▁and ▁May , ▁Haw mad ▁and ▁four ▁other ▁N asser ist ▁minister s ▁res igned ▁from ▁their ▁posts . ▁ ▁Later ▁life ▁and ▁death ▁After ▁his ▁res ignation , ▁Haw mad ▁remained ▁in ▁Sy ria , ▁continu ing ▁his ▁law ▁practice ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁professor ship ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Dam asc us . ▁He ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁Language ▁Ass emb lage , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁" high est ▁international ▁scientific ▁authority ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁Arab ▁language ▁and ▁literature ", ▁according ▁to ▁Sam i ▁Mou bay ed , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁He ▁o vers aw ▁academic ▁research ▁from ▁Sy ria ▁and ▁was ▁an ▁active ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁organization ▁until ▁he ▁died ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 1 5 ▁birth s ▁Category : 2 0 0 2 ▁death s ▁Category : C rimin olog ists ▁Category : D am asc us ▁University ▁fac ulty ▁Category : S y rian ▁Arab ▁national ists ▁Category : S y rian ▁law y ers ▁Category : S y rian ▁minister s ▁of ▁education ▁Category : S y rian ▁minister s ▁of ▁fin ance ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Ale ppo ▁Category :