Political party in Syria
The Syrian Communist Party (Arabic : الحزب الشيوعي السوري , romanized : Al-Hizb Al-Shuyū'ī Al-Sūrī ) is an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party in Syria .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
History
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, Wisal Farha Bakdash . 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 is Ammar Bakdash , who succeeded his mother in the party's leadership.[ 5]
Until 29 March 2023, Mohammad Fayez al-Barasha was the party's only cabinet minister .[ 6]
Election results
Syrian People's Assembly elections
References
^ "20 IMCWP, Participants List" . SolidNet . Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^ Velasco Muñoz, Rosa (2019). "The Syrian Communist Party" . Communist Parties in the Middle East . pp. 109– 128. doi :10.4324/9780367134464-6 . ISBN 978-0-367-13446-4 . S2CID 181902938 .
^ Musalam, A., & Abdin, M. M. E. (2020). T The 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.
^ Orfali, Mohannad. "الحزب الشيوعي السوري" . pnf.org.sy . Retrieved 12 December 2020 .
^ "Prime Minister's Office" . Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 18 December 2021 .
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