Safwan al-Qudsi ( ar, صفوان القدسي; 1940 – 28 October 2022) was the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Socialist Union Party, a member of the central leadership of the National Progressive Front, a political alliance of parties which controls the Syrian legislature, and chairman of the Arab Parties Congress."Qudsi Discusses Cooperation with Chinese Delegation" ''Syrian Arab News Agency'' (''SANA'') (4 November 2008)
Safwan al-Qudsi received his

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in philosophy from the

University of Damascus The University of Damascus ( ar, جَامِعَةُ دِمَشْقَ, ''Jāmi‘atu Dimashq'') is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus and has campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 through ...

. From 1972 to 1974 he was an assistant editor of the magazine ''Knowledge'' (), a chief editor from 1974 to 1978. From 1980 through 1981 he was editor-in-chief of ''Moral'' (), a literary magazine. Safwan al-Qudsi was elected to the

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in 1977, and was a Minister of State from 1978 to 1980. Since 1981 he has been a member of the central leadership of the National Progressive Front. He has been the Secretary General of the ASU since 1984.Zisser, Eyal (2004) "Bashar al-Asad and his Regime- Between Continuity and Change" ''Orient'' 45(2): pp. 239-256
/ref> He was member of the Syrian Society for Research and Studies (). In March 2000 Safwan al-Qudsi's wife, Bari'a al-Qudsi, was appointed Minister of Labor and Welfare, representing the ASU party in the cabinet. She lost the position in the December 2001 governmental reshuffle.

Selected publications

*Qudsi, Safwan (1974) ''Siyasah al-musallahah: dirasat fi al-fikr al-siyasi al-muasir'' (''Armed Policy Studies: Contemporary political thinking'') Wizarat al-Thaqafaj wa-al-Irshad al-Qawmi, Damascus *Qudsi, Safwan (1984) ''al-Batal wa-l-tarikh: Qira'a fi fikr Hafiz al-Asad al-siyasi'' (''The Hero and History: A Reading of the Political Thought of Hafiz al-Asad'') Ṭalas, Damascus

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brief biography of Safwan al-Qudsi in Arabic 1940 births 2022 deaths Al-Qudsi family Arab Socialist Union Party (Syria) politicians Damascus University alumni Members of the People's Assembly of Syria Syrian ministers of state {{Syria-politician-stub