Democratic Arab Socialist Union
Democratic Arab Socialist Union | |
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| Secretary-General | Hassan Abdul Azim[1] |
| Assistant Secretary General | Mohammad Abdul Majeed Manjuneh[1] |
| Founder | Jamal al-Atassi |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Split from | Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Ideology |
Nasserism, Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation |
National Democratic Rally National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change |
The Democratic Arab Socialist Union (Arabic: الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي الديمقراطي Al-Ittihad Al-Ishtiraki Al-'Arabi Al-Dimuqratiy; French: Union arabe socialiste démocratique) is a Nasserist democratic socialist Syrian political party based in Paris, France. It was founded in a split of the Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria and Hassan Abdul Azim (Arabic حسن اسماعيل عبد العظيم) is its general secretary.[2]
Is part of the National Democratic Rally coalition (Arabic التجمع الوطني الديمقراطي, at-tajammuʻ al-waţanī ad-dīmūqrāţī).
After Hafez al-Assad took power in 1970, the ASU entered into negotiations about a coalition government, and agreed to join the National Progressive Front (NPF) in 1972. The year after, however, the party split over the adoption of a Syrian constitution in which the Baath was proclaimed the "leading party" of the country. One minor faction under Fawzi Kiyali accepted the constitution, and retained both the ASU name and the NPF membership, while most members followed party leader Jamal al-Atassi into opposition, by renaming themselves the Democratic Arab Socialist Union.
Hassan Ismail Abdelazim was arrested by the Syrian authorities in May 2011 as a crackdown on opposition forces in Syria.[3]
References
- 1 2 "The Democratic Arab Socialist Union". Carnegie Middle East Center. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
- ↑ AlJazeera.net: الأمين العام للإتحاد الإشتراكي الديمقراطي العربي حسن عبد العظيم)
- ↑ AlGhad: السلطات السورية توقف المعارض حسن اسماعيل عبد العظيم (in Arabic)
