Ba'ath Party
former pan-Arab nationalist party
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Summary
Ba'ath Party is a political party[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of political party entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,789 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Bahrain[3], Jordan[4], Sudan[5], Yemen[6], Lebanon[7]
- Founder: Michel Aflaq[8], Salah ad-Din al-Bitar[9], Zaki al-Arsuzi[10]
- Followed by: Ba'ath Party[11]
- Headquarters location: Damascus[12]
- Color: black[13], red[14], green[15], white[16]
- SRGB color hex triplet: 017B48[17]
- Inception: April 7, 1947[18]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: February 23, 1966[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ba'ath Party[20]
- Political ideology: anti-Americanism[21], anti-Zionism[22], Ba'athism[23], Arab nationalism[24], Nasserism[25], Pan-Arabism[26], secularism[27], one-party state[28], Arab socialism[29], authoritarianism[30], anti-imperialism[31], socialist patriotism[32], left-wing nationalism[33]
- Political alignment: far-left politics[34]
- Topic has template: Template:Ba'ath Party[35]
- Official name: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي[36]
- Native label: حزب البعث[37]
- General secretary: Michel Aflaq[38]
Why It Matters
Ba'ath Party has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 119 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]