This article lists political parties in Syria.
Everyone is allowed to start a new political party but it cannot be founded on ethnic, religious, regional or tribal basis. Under the Constitution of Syria approved in 2012, a licensed party must have at least 50 founding members, aged 25 or over, who have been Syrian nationals for more than 10 years, and are not members of any other party, Syrian or non-Syrian.[1]
Political parties and organizations
edit| Party | Acronym | Leader or Chairman | Political position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي Ḥizb al-Ba‘th al-'Arabī al-Ishtirākī |
BAAS | Bashar al-Assad | Far-left | |
| Syrian Social Nationalist Party الحزب السوري القومي الاجتماعي al-Ḥizb al-Sūrī al-Qawmī al-'Ijtimā'ī |
SSNP | Fares al-Saad | Left-wing | |
| Arab Socialist Movement حركة الاشتراكيين العرب Ḥarakat al-Ishtirakiyeen al-'Arab |
- | Omar Adnan al-Alawi | Left-wing | |
| Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria حزب الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي في سورية Ḥizb al-Ittiḥād al-Ishtirākī al-‘Arabī fi Sūrīyā |
ASU | Safwan al-Qudsi | Left-wing | |
| Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) الحزب الشيوعي السوري al-Ḥizb aš-Šhuyū'ī al-Sūrī |
- | Ammar Bakdash | Far-left | |
| Syrian Communist Party (Unified) الحزب الشيوعي السوري (الموحد) al-Ḥizb aš-Šhuyū'ī al-Sūrī (al-Mowahad) |
- | Hanin Nimir | Far-left | |
| Social Democratic Unionists الوحدويون الديمقراطيون الاجتماعيون al-Wahdawiuyun al-Dimukatiyyun al-Ijtima'iyyun |
- | - | Centre-left | |
| Socialist Unionist Party حزب الوحدويين الاشتراكيين al-Wahdawiyyun al-Ishtirakiyyun |
- | Fayiz Ismail | Left-wing | |
| Democratic Socialist Unionist Party الحزب الوحدوي الاشتراكي الديمقراطي al-Ḥizb al-Wahdawi al-Ishtirākī ad-Dīmuqrāṭī |
- | Fadlallah Nasreddin | Left-wing | |
| Arab Democratic Union Party حزب الاتحاد العربي الديمقراطي Ḥizb al-Ittiḥād al-‘Arabī ad-Dīmuqrāṭī |
- | Iyad Ghassan Osman | Left-wing | |
| National Covenant Party حركة العهد الوطني Ḥaraka al-'ahd al-Waṭani |
- | Ghassan Othman | Left-wing | |
| Party | Acronym | Leader or Chairman | Political positions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Will Party حزب الإرادة الشعبية Ḥizb al-ʾIrāda aš-Šaʿbiyya |
- | Qadri Jamil | Far-left | |
| Party | Acronym | Leader or Chairman | Political positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solidarity Party | - | - | - |
| Arab Democratic Solidarity Party | - | - | - |
| Syrian Democratic Party | - | - | - |
| National Development Party | - | - | - |
| Al-Ansar Party | - | - | - |
| Democratic Vanguard Party (Al Talia'a Democratic Party) | - | - | - |
| National Youth for Justice and Development Party الحزب الوطني للشباب من أجل العدالة والتنمية |
- | Parwin Ibrahim | - |
| Syrian National Youth Party حزب الشباب الوطني السوري Ḥizb ash-Shabāb al-Watanii as-Sūrī |
- | Maher Merhej | - |
| National Initiative for Administration and Change in Syria المبادرة الوطنية للإدارة والتغيير في سوريا al-Mubadarat al-Wataniat Lil'iidarat wal-Taghyir fi Sūrīyā |
NIACS | Hassan al-Nouri | Third Way |
| Syria Homeland Party | - | - | - |
| Party | Acronym | Leader or Chairman | Political positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hizb ut-Tahrir حزب التحرير Ḥizb at-Taḥrīr |
HT | Ata Abu Rashta | - |
| Muslim Brotherhood in Syria الإخوان المسلمون في سوريا al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun fi Sūrīyā |
- | Mohammad Walid | - |
| Syrian Democratic People's Party حزب الشعب الديمقراطي السوري Ḥizb al-Sha'ab ad-Dīmuqrāṭī al-Suriy |
- | Ghias Youn al-Soud | Centre-left |
| Communist Labour Party حزب العمل الشيوعي Ḥizb al-ʿAmal aš-Šuyūʿī |
- | Fateh Jamous | - |
| Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party حزب البعث الديمقراطي العربي الاشتراكي Ḥizb al-Ba‘th ad-Dīmuqrāṭī al-‘Arabī al-Ishtirākī |
- | Brahim Makhous | Far-left |
| Arab Revolutionary Workers Party حزب العمال الثوري العربي Ḥizb al-'Amal al-Thawriy al-‘Arabī |
- | Tariq Abu Al-Hassan | Left-wing |
| Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria الحزب الديمقراطي الكُردستاني في سوريا al-Ḥizb ad-Dīmuqrāṭī al-Kurdistānī fi Sūrīyā پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان سووری Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê li Sûriyê |
KDPS | Saud Malla | Centre |
| Assyrian Democratic Organization المنظمة الآثورية الديمقراطية al-Munazamat al-Athuriat ad-Dīymūqrātia ܡܛܟܣܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܝܡܩܪܛܝܬܐ Gabo d'Huyodo Suryoyo |
ADO | Gabriel Moushe Gawrieh | Centre-left |
| Syriac Union Party حزب الإتحاد السرياني في سوريا Ḥizb al-Ittiḥād al-Siryanii fi Sūrīyā ܓܒܐ ܕܚܘܝܕܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ Gabo d'Ḥuyodo Suryoyo |
SUP | Ishow Gowriye | Left-wing |
| Democratic Arab Socialist Union الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي الديمقراطي al-Ittiḥād al-Ishtirākī al-'Arabī ad-Dīmūqrāṭī |
ASU | Hassan Abdul Azim | Left-wing |
| Assyrian Democratic Party الحزب الآشوري الديمقراطي al-Ḥizb al-Ashwry al-Diymuqratiu ܓܒܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ Gaba Aṯuraya Demoqrataya |
ADP | Ninos Isho | - |
| Movement for Justice and Development in Syria حركة العدالة والبناء في سورية Ḥarakat al-'Idalat wal-Bana'a fi Sūrīyā |
MJD | Anas Al-Abdah | - |
| Party | Acronym | Leader or Chairman | Political positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arab Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي العربي al-Ḥizb al-Shuyu'i al-‘Arabī |
- | - | Left-wing |
| National Bloc الكتلة الوطنية al-Kutlah al-Waṭaniyya |
- | Several | Catch-all |
| National Party حزب الوطني Ḥizb al-Waṭanī |
- | Shukri al-Quwatli | Centre-right |
| People's Party حزب الشعب Ḥizb al-Sha'ab |
- | Abd al-Wahhab Hawmad | Centre-right |
| League of Nationalist Action عصبة العمل القومي 'Usbat al-'Amal al-Qawmi |
- | Abderrazak Al-Dandashli | - |
| Arab National Party الحزب القومي العربي al-Ḥizb al-Qawmi al-‘Arabī |
- | Zaki al-Arsuzi | - |
| Arab Ba'ath Movement حركة البعث العربي Ḥarakat al-Baʽth al-‘Arabī |
- | Michel Aflaq | - |
| Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي السوري اللبناني al-Ḥizb aš-Šhuyū'ī as-Sūrī al-Lubnānī |
- | Khalid Bakdash | Far-left |
| Syrian Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي السوري al-Ḥizb aš-Šuyūʿī as-Sūrī |
- | Khalid Bakdash | Far-left |
| Arab Liberation Movement حركة التحرر العربي Ḥarakat at-Taḥrīr al-‘Arabī |
- | Adib Shishakli | - |
| Socialist Cooperation Party حزب التعاون الاشتراكي Ḥizb al-Ta'awun al-Ishtirākī |
- | - | |
| Hizbullah | - | Fawzi al-Qawuqji (founder) | - |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Syria's New Parties: Modest Goals Against Baath Hold Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, Al Akhbar (Lebanon), 18 March 2012