Socialist Unionist Party | |
Native Name: | حزب الوحدويين الاشتراكيين |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Leader: | Fayiz Ismail |
Ideology: | Nasserism Arab nationalism Arab socialism |
Newspaper: | Al-Wahdawi |
Headquarters: | Damascus, Syria |
Position: | Left-wing |
Split: | Ba'ath Party |
National: | National Progressive Front |
Seats1 Title: | People's Assembly |
Seats2 Title: | Cabinet of Syria |
Website: | alwahdawi.org |
Country: | Syria |
The Socialist Unionist Party (Arabic: حزب الوحدويين الاشتراكيين Al-Wahdawiyyun Al-Ishtirakiyyun) is a leftist Nasserist political party in Syria. The party was founded in 1962 through a split in the Ba'ath Party. It is part of the National Progressive Front of legally permitted parties that support socialism and Arab nationalism. The party leader is Fayiz Ismail. Abdullah Sallum Abdullah, a member of this party, ran for president in 2021 Syrian presidential election.[1]
People's Council of Syria | |||||
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1973 | 3 | ||||
1977 | 2 | ||||
1981 | 5 | ||||
1986 | |||||
1990 | 1 | ||||
1994 | |||||
1998 | |||||
2003 | 7 | ||||
2007 | 6 | ||||
2012 | 12 | ||||
2016 | 16 | ||||
2020 | |||||
2024 |