Khalid Bakdash | |
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| Born | 1912 Damascus, Ottoman Syria |
| Died | July 15, 1995 (aged 82–83)[1] Damascus, Syria |
| Occupation | Secretary-general of the Syrian Communist Party Member of the Parliament of Syria |
Khalid Bakdash (occasionally spelled Khalid Bagdash or Khaled Bekdache, Arabic: خالد بكداش) (1912 – July 15, 1995) was a Syrian politician who was the founder of the Syrian Communist Party (SCP) and lead it from 1936 until his death in 1995. In 1954, Bakdash became the first member of a communist party to be elected to an Arab parliament. He has since been called the "dean of Arab communism".[2]
- ^ "Khalid Bakdash". Britannica. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ Federal Research Division (2004). Syria A Country Study. Kessinger Publishing. p. 217. ISBN 1-4191-5022-7. Retrieved 2011-05-12.