People's Party (Syria)

People's Party
حزب الشعب
Founded 1925 (1925)
Dissolved 1963 (1963)
Headquarters Aleppo
Newspaper al-Sha'b
Ideology Arab unionism[1][2]
Liberalism[3][4]
Pro-Western[1][5]
Political position Centre-right
National affiliation National Bloc (1928–47)

The People's Party (Arabic: حزب الشعب‎ Ḥizb Al-Sha'ab; French: Parti du peuple) was a Syrian political party, that dominated Syrian politics during the 1950s and the early 1960s, for almost a decade. The party was founded in 1925 by Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar,[6] and alongside its rival, the National Party, was part of the National Bloc, a national coalition that played an important role in the Syrian struggle against the French mandate.[7]

In recent years there have been discussions about reviving the party in some form, following the liberalization of requirements for membership in the National Progressive Front, but this has not materialized.[8]

Leaders

Leader Tenure Position(s)
Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar 1925–1940 Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hashim al-Atassi 1940–1955 President of Syria
Nazim al-Kudsi 1955–1963 President of Syria

References

  1. 1 2 Moubayed 2006, p. 200.
  2. ↑ Chaurasia 2005, p. 254.
  3. ↑ Lawson 2013, pp. 61-63.
  4. ↑ Schumann 2010, pp. 54-62.
  5. ↑ Maddy-Weitzman 1993, p. 151.
  6. ↑ Scott & Hughes 2013, p. 58.
  7. ↑ Commins 2004, pp. 214-215.
  8. ↑ Sami, Moubayed (26 April 2005). "Syria's Ba'athists loosen the reins". Asia Times Online. Hong Kong. Retrieved 5 April 2010.

Bibliography

  • Lawson, Fred H. (2013), Global Security Watch—Syria, ABC-CLIO, ISBN 978-0-3133-5957-6
  • Scott, Len; Hughes, R. Gerald (2013), Intelligence, Crises and Security: Prospects and Retrospects, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-4154-6430-7
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  • Commins, David Dean (2004), Historical dictionary of Syria, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 978-0-8108-4934-1
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