Khalid Bakdash

Khalid Bakdash
Personal details
Born	1912 Damascus, Ottoman Empire
Died	15 July 1995(1995-07-15) (aged 82–83) Damascus, Syria
Nationality	Syrian
Occupation	Secretary-general of the Syrian Communist Party Member of the Parliament of Syria

Khalid Bakdash (1912 – July 15, 1995; occasionally spelled Khalid Bagdash or Khaled Bekdache, Arabic: خالد بكداش) was the leader of the Syrian Communist Party (SCP) from 1936 until his death. In 1954 Bakdash became the first member of a communist party to be elected to an Arab parliament. He has since been called the "dean of Arab communism."^[1]

References

1. Federal Research Division (2004). Syria A Country Study. Kessinger Publishing. p. 217. ISBN 1-4191-5022-7. Retrieved 2011-05-12.