Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region | |
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Leader | Fayez Shukr |
Founded | 1966 |
Headquarters | Beirut, Lebanon |
Ideology | Ba'athism |
National affiliation | March 8 Alliance |
International affiliation | Syrian-led Ba'ath Party |
Colors | Black, Red, White and Green (Pan-Arab colors) |
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The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region (Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي في لبنان Hizb Al-Ba'ath Al-Arabi Al-Ishtiraki fi Lubnan), officially the Lebanon Regional Branch, is the regional branch of the Damascus-based Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Lebanon. Fayez Shukr has been party leader since 2005 when he succeeded Sayf al-Din Ghazi who in turn succeeded Assem Qanso.
The Lebanese branch of the undivided Ba'ath Party had been formed in 1949–1950.[1] Assem Qanso is the longest-serving secretary (leader) of the Lebanese Ba'ath Party;[2] first from 1971 to 1989 and again from 2000 to 2005.[3] During the Lebanese Civil War, the party had an armed militia, the Assad Battalion.[4] The party joined forces with Kamal Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party in organizing the Lebanese National Movement, seeking to abolish the confessional state.[5] The Lebanese National Movement was later superseded by the Lebanese National Resistance Front, in which the party participated.[6] The party organized resistance against Israeli forces in Lebanon.[6] In July 1987 it took part in forming yet another front, the Unification and Liberation Front.[7]
In the 2009 parliamentary election, the party won two seats as part of the March 8 Alliance. The parliamentarians of the party are Assem Qanso and Qassem Hashem.[8]
Party leaders
- Mahmoud Baydoun (1966–1969)
- Magali Nasrawin (1969–1971)
- Assem Qanso (1971–1989)
- Abdullah Al-Amin (1989–1993)
- Abdallah Chahal (1993–1996)
- Sayf al-Din Ghazi (1996–2000)
- Assem Qanso (2000–2005)
- Sayf al-Din Ghazi (2005–2006)
- Fayez Shukr (2006–present)
References
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