conviction_status birth_place party conviction_penalty office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
released 1993 jubata ez-zeit syrian regional branch of the arab socialist ba'ath party 23 years in prison member branch of the regional command of the syrian regional 1938 march 1966 1 august 1965 marwan habash
 13 november 1970 december 1965 marwan habash politician and writer
marwan habash

marwan habash -lrb- born in 1938 -rrb- is a syrian politician and writer .
he was a member of the regional command of the baath party in syria and minister of industry in the government of salah jadid .
following a successful coup d'etat against jadid 's leadership in 1970 , habash was imprisoned along with others perceived to be jadid loyalists .
one of the world 's longest-held political prisoners , he was released in 1993 .
he has since become a writer and public analyst .
