Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash)
Syrian Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي السوري | |
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| Secretary General | [1] |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Split from | Syrian Communist Party |
| Headquarters | Damascus, Syria |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | National Progressive Front |
| International affiliation | IMCWP[2] |
| Colours | Red and yellow |
| People's Council | 3 / 250 |
| Cabinet of Syria | 1 / 30 |
| Party flag | |
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The Syrian Communist Party (Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي السوري, romanized: Al-Hizb Al-Shuyū'ī Al-Sūrī) is a communist party in Syria.[3][4][5] The party emerged from a split in the Syrian Communist Party in 1986, as formed by the anti-Perestroika faction led by Khalid Bakdash. Khalid Bakdash died in 1995 and was succeeded as secretary of his party faction by his widow, . At the time of the 2000 Damascus Spring, the party was able to publish a newspaper called Sawt al-Shaab ("Voice of the People").
Currently the party’s secretary general, , who succeeded his mother in the party’s leadership.
Mohammad Fayez al-Barasha is the party's only cabinet minister.[6]
Parliamentary elections[]
| Election year | # of overall seats won |
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|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 / 250
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| 2012 | 8 / 250
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 3
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| 2016 | 3 / 250
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 5
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| 2020 | 3 / 250
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References[]
- ^ Orfali, Mohannad. "الحزب الشيوعي السوري". pnf.org.sy. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ IMCWP. "Participants List". IMCWP. Retrieved 16 February 2019.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- ^ Muñoz, Rosa Velasco. 2019. "The Syrian Communist Party: Patrimonialism and fractures." Communist Parties in the Middle East. Routledge, 2019. 109-128.
- ^ Musalam, A., & Abdin, M. M. E. (2020). T he Role of Partisan Divisions in Political Life in the Syrian Arab Republic “Documentary study from the Syrian Communist Party”. Tishreen University Journal- Arts and Humanities Sciences Series, 41(6).
- ^ Yonker, Carl C. "Comparing Radical Rivals: The Communists, the Baʿth, and the Kataʾib." The Rise and Fall of Greater Syria. De Gruyter, 2021. 17-21.
- ^ "Prime Minister's Office". Syrian Arab News Agency. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
External links[]
- Official website (archive)
- Syrian Communist Party on Facebook
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