Syrian Communist Party
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This article is about the Syrian Communist Party that existed from 1944 to 1986. For the two current parties, see Syrian Communist Party (Unified) and Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash).
The Syrian Communist Party (Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي السوري, romanized: al-Ḥizb aš-Šuyūʿī as-Sūrī) was a political party in Syria founded in 1944 as a division of the Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party into the Syrian Communist Party and the Lebanese Communist Party.[1]
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Syrian Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي السوري | |
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Founder | Khalid Bakdash |
Founded | 1964 (as independent entity) |
Dissolved | 1986 (1986) |
Preceded by | Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party |
Succeeded by | Split into two factions: the Syrian Communist Party (Unified) and the Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) |
Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
Political position | Far-left |
National affiliation | National Progressive Front |
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It became a member of the National Progressive Front in 1972. The party split in two in 1986 with two separate parties claiming to represent the original Syrian Communist Party; the Syrian Communist Party (Unified) and the Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash).