Ghazzi, Fawzi al- (1891-1929): Syrian politician who wrote the first Syrian Constitution. Born in Damascus. He studied in Damascus and Istanbul, and served in the Turkish army during World War I. He was appointed secretary of the Interior Ministry of the Arab Government in 1920. He opposed the French mandate, and was imprisoned several times and exiled to Arwad. He was elected as a Member of Parliament in 1928, and the chairman of the Constituent Assembly, which was responsible for writing the Syrian Constitution, which was approved by the Parliament on July 4, 1928.