The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (; meaning "resurrection"), also referred to as the pro-Syrian Ba'ath movement, is a
neo-Ba'athist political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
with branches across the
Arab world
The Arab world ( '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, comprises a large group of countries, mainly located in West Asia and North Africa. While the majority of people in ...
. From 1970 until 2000, the party was led by the Syrian president and Secretary General
Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad (6 October 193010 June 2000) was a Syrian politician and military officer who was the president of Syria from 1971 until Death and state funeral of Hafez al-Assad, his death in 2000. He was previously the Prime Minister of Syria ...
. Until 26 October 2018, leadership was shared between his son
Bashar al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad (born 11September 1965) is a Syrian politician, military officer and former dictator
Sources characterising Assad as a dictator:
who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until fall of the Assad regime, his government ...
(head of the Syrian regional organization) and
Abdullah al-Ahmar
Abdullah Al-Ahmar (; born 6 June 1936) is a Syrian politician and prominent member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.
Biography
Born at Al-Tall, al-Ahmar joined the Ba'ath Party in the 1950s and graduated from the Faculty of Law at the ...
(head of the pan-Arab national organization).
In 2018, after the reunification of the National and Regional Command, Bashar al-Assad became the Secretary General of the
Central Command. The
Syrian Regional Branch of the party was the largest organisation within the Syrian-led Ba'ath Party; it ruled Syria from the
1963 coup to the
fall of the Assad regime
On 8 December 2024, the Assad regime collapsed during a 2024 Syrian opposition offensives, major offensive by Syrian opposition, opposition forces. The offensive was spearheaded by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported mainly by the Turk ...
in 2024. The Syrian Regional Branch's activities were indefinitely suspended on 11 December 2024 and its assets transferred to the
transitional government
A provisional government, also called an interim government, an emergency government, a transitional government or provisional leadership, is a temporary government formed to manage a period of transition, often following state collapse, revoluti ...
, dissolving the branch. Other branches of the Syrian-dominated Ba'ath faction continued to operate, with the Palestinian branch
As-Sa'iqa
As-Sa'iqa (), officially known as Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War – Lightning Forces, () is a Palestinian Ba'athist political and military faction created by Syria. It is linked to the Palestinian branch of the Syrian-led Ba'ath Pa ...
even resuming its activities inside Syria.
Leadership
General Secretary
Hafez al-Assad became the Secretary of the Syrian Regional Command of the party in 1970 and Secretary General of the National Command in late 1970.
Although he died in the year 2000, Hafez al-Assad continued to be named as the official Secretary General of the National Command. Bashar al-Assad became the Regional Secretary of the
party in Syria after his father's death in 2000.
In 2017,
Bashar al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad (born 11September 1965) is a Syrian politician, military officer and former dictator
Sources characterising Assad as a dictator:
who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until fall of the Assad regime, his government ...
was elected the Secretary General of the National Council.
Timeline
Assistant General Secretary
Abdullah al-Ahmar served as the Assistant Secretary General of the National Command, a post he has held since 1971 until 2018.
Between 26 October 2018 and 8 May 2024,
Hilal Hilal
Hilal al-Hilal (; born 1966) is a Syrian politician who is the former Assistant Secretary-General of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Ba'ath Party, and was the Party Secretary of the Branch Command of Aleppo in 2011.
He served two terms as a ...
was an Assistant Secretary General of the Central Command. On 8 May 2024, Dr.
Ibrahim al-Hadid
Ibrahim al-Hadid (; born 1956) is a Syrian doctor and politician, who was the assistant general secretary of the Ba'ath Party from 8 May to 11 December 2024 He was the Ba'ath Party secretary of the Branch Command in the University of Aleppo betwe ...
was elected as the new Assistant Secretary of the Central Command.
Timeline
Central Command
In 2018,
Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, was established through the merger of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and the Regional Command of the
Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.
National Council
At the 14th Conference of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in 2017, the National Command, the party's leading organ since its inception, was abolished and replaced by the National Council. It was decided that the National Council would be composted of the regional secretaries of the regional branches of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.
National Congresses
Note: for the 1st–8th National Congresses, see the national congresses held by the unified, pre-1966
Ba'ath Party
The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ( ' ), also known simply as Bath Party (), was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and associates of Zaki al-Arsuzi. The party espoused Ba'athism, which is an ideology ...
.
* 9th National Congress (25–29 September 1966)
** 9th Extraordinary National Congress (September 1967)
*10th National Party Congress (October 1968)
** 10th Extraordinary National Congress (October–November 1970)
* 11th National Congress (August 1971)
* 12th National Congress (July 1975)
* 13th National Congress (27 July – 2 August 1980)
* 14th National Congress (15–21 May 2017)
Organization
The 1963 National Congress of the Party in Damascus advocated a far-left posture; proclaiming the party as the vehicle for
socialist revolution and building a socialist society. Key Marxist programmes such as
worker's control of
economic production and
collectivizing of agricultural lands were adopted. The party is organized along
Leninist
Leninism (, ) is a political ideology developed by Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the Dictatorship of the proletariat#Vladimir Lenin, dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary Vangu ...
lines, a policy stemming back to Aflaq and Bitar's leadership before the split.
The highest organ of the party is the Party Congress. The Congress elects a General Secretary and a National Command. Under the National Command there is a Regional Command for each state in which the party operates. The regions are divided into branches, which are divided into companies. A branch consists of two or more companies. A company comprises three to seven cells.
Each cell has between three and seven members.
In theory, the National Command of the party is the embryonic government for the entire Arab nation. The body comprises 21 members, half of whom are Syrian.
In practice, the Syrian Regional Command is the more powerful institution inside the party.
The Syrian Regional Command is the real political leadership in Syria; the power of the National Command has become more symbolic than real. A seat in National Command has become a sinecure, an honorary post given to Syrian politicians as they retire from active political life.
Hafez al-Assad rarely had time to attend National Command meetings. Instead, he appointed Vice President for Party Affairs
Zuhayr Masharqa or
Abd al-Halim Khaddam to represent him at National Command meetings.
In theory, the National Command could conduct proselytism and form new Regional Commands across the Arab world and support weaker Regional Commands, but Syrian policymakers have curtailed that capacity.
Anthem
Branches by region
Iraq
The party was sometimes known in Iraq as left-wing Ba'ath or Qutr Al-Iraq.
Prominent members of the party in Iraq include
Mahmud Rashad Al-Shaykh Radhi, Fawzi Mutlaq al-Rawi and Dr. Mahmud Shamsa. The party opposed the rule of
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until Saddam Hussein statue destruction, his overthrow in 2003 during the 2003 invasion of Ira ...
and was one of the first groups to be targeted by him. The party lost hundreds of its cadres amid repression by his government.
[''Asharq al-Awsat'']
عبد المهدي: اللقاء بحزب البعث ـ تنظيم العراق لم ينقطع.. ولا مشكلة لنا مع القوميين
Radhi was based in Syria during the 1970s.
The party labelled the Saddam government as "
fascist
Fascism ( ) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement. It is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural soci ...
".
When the
Iran–Iraq War
The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the First Gulf War, was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. Active hostilities began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for nearly eight years, unti ...
broke out in 1980, the party took part in the formation of the Iraqi Patriotic and Democratic Front, together with the
Iraqi Communist Party
The Iraqi Communist Party ( '; ) is a communist party and the oldest active party in Iraq. Since its foundation in 1934, it has dominated the left in Iraqi politics. It played a prominent role in shaping the political history of Iraq between it ...
, the
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK; ) is a political party active in Kurdistan Region and the Disputed territories of Northern Iraq, disputed territories in Iraq. The PUK describes its goals as self-determination, human rights, democracy a ...
and the Kurdish Socialist Party. The front vowed to overthrow Saddam. (Syria supported Iran in the Iraq-Iran War.)
In the 1980s, the party began cooperating with the
Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI or SIIC; ''Al-Majlis Al-A'ala Al-Islami Al-'Iraqi''; previously known as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, SCIRI) is a Shia Islamist political party in Iraq. It was established in ...
.
The party organized the first general conference of Iraqi opposition groups in Damascus in 1989. It also participated in a conference of Iraqi opposition groups in Beirut in 1991.
In 1999, Radhi was staying in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
. The party was one of three main groups (along with the Iraqi Communist Party and the
Islamic Dawa Party
The Islamic Dawa Party () is an Iraqi Shia Islamist political movement that was formed in 1957 by seminarians in Najaf, Iraq, and later formed branches in Lebanon and Kuwait. The Party backed the Iranian Revolution and also Ayatollah Ruholla ...
) which formed the Coalition of Iraqi National Forces. The Coalition was opposed to Saddam Hussein as well as United States military intervention.
During the run-up to the
2003 invasion of Iraq, the party publicly denounced U.S. involvement in the organization of Iraqi dissidents in exile.
After the fall of Saddam's administration, confusion arose as to whether the
de-Ba'athification
De-Ba'athification () refers to a policy undertaken in Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and subsequent Iraqi governments to remove the Ba'ath Party's influence in the new Iraqi political system after the U.S.-led invasi ...
law also applied to the party.
In 2008, Radhi requested that the party be allowed to function inside Iraq and join the process of reconciliation.
In response, the Iraqi government declared that they viewed Qotr al-Iraq as distinct from Saddam's Ba'ath because Qotr al-Iraq had participated in the opposition conferences during the Saddam years.
, the Iraqi regional organization is still based in Syria.
In 2018 Radhi, based in London, visited Baghdad and met President
Fuad Masum
Muhammad Fuad Masum Hurami (; , born 1 January 1938) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the seventh president of Iraq from 24 July 2014 to 2 October 2018. He was elected as president following the 2014 parliamentary election. Masum i ...
during reconciliation talks.
Jordan
The Arab Ba'ath Progressive Party was legally registered for the first time in 1993. The branch is small, and has, according to a
leaked diplomatic cable, a "minuscule number of adherents". Despite its small size, the branch is able through its leader, Fuad Dabbour, to get a decent footprint in Jordanian media. Dabbour's fiery statements on foreign policy are frequently quoted by the press. The party is less known than its pro-Iraqi counterpart, the
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. It is the party branch of the Syrian-dominated Ba'ath Party in Jordan. Fuad Dabbour is the branch's Regional Secretary.
It is believed that the party has fewer than 200 members.
;Regional Secretaries
*Mahmood Ma'ayteh
*Fuad Dabbour
Lebanon
The Lebanese branch was established in 1966, the year of the Ba'ath Party split. During the
Lebanese Civil War
The Lebanese Civil War ( ) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 150,000 fatalities and led to the exodus of almost one million people from Lebanon.
The religious diversity of the ...
, the party had an armed militia called the Assad Battalion.
The party joined forces with
Kamal Jumblatt's
Progressive Socialist Party
The Progressive Socialist Party () is a Lebanese political party. Its confessional base is in the Druze sect and its regional base is in Mount Lebanon Governorate, especially the Chouf District. Founded by Kamal Jumblatt in 1949, the party ...
in organizing the National Democratic Movement, seeking to abolish the
confessional state
A confessional state is a state which officially recognises and practices a particular religion, usually accompanied by a public cult, and at least encourages its citizens to do likewise.
Over human history, many states have been confessional ...
.
The National Democratic Movement was superseded by the National Democratic Front, in which the party participated.
The party organized resistance against Israeli forces in Lebanon.
In July 1987, it took part in forming the Unification and Liberation Front.
In the
2009 parliamentary election, the party won two seats as part of the
March 8 Alliance
The March 8 Alliance () is a loose coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon formed in 2005 that are united by their pro- Ba'athist Syria stance and their opposition to the former March 14 Alliance. It was the ruling coalition ...
. The parliamentarians of the party are
Assem Qanso
Assem Muhammad Qanso (, born 1937) is a Lebanese politician. He is a former leader of the Lebanese Ba'ath Party.
Political career
Qanso joined the Lebanese Ba'ath in 1953. During the Lebanese war, the Lebanese Ba'ath was divided into two host ...
and Qassem Hashem.
Wael Nader al-Halqi, the
Prime Minister of Syria
The prime minister of Syria (), officially the president of the Council of Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic, was the head of government of Syria from 1920 to 2025. After the fall of the Assad regime, the prime minister of Syria was the head ...
, praised the Lebanon Regional Branch leadership, stating that they supported the Syrian leadership and stayed loyal to the Assads despite the
Syrian occupation of Lebanon
The Syrian occupation of Lebanon lasted from 31 May 1976, beginning with the Syrian intervention in the Lebanese Civil War, until 30 April 2005. This period saw significant Syrian military and political influence over Lebanon, impacting its g ...
and in times of conspiracies and attacks. Since 2018, party is along the
Amal Movement
The Amal Movement () is a Lebanese political party and militia affiliated mainly with the Shia community of Lebanon. It was founded by Musa al-Sadr and Hussein el-Husseini in 1974 as the "Movement of the Deprived." The party has been led by ...
part of
Development and Liberation parliamentary bloc. As of 2023, the leader of the party is Ali Hijazi. In the
2022 parliamentary election, the party won one seat.
Mauritania
A secret Syrian branch was established in Mauritania in 1981.
The party was founded on 20 September 1994 by a mixture of Arab nationalists and members of a secret Ba'ath party association in
Mauritania
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, ...
. The party won a seat in the 19 November and 3 December 2006
elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...
. In the
2013 election, the party lost its seat. In the most recent
elections in 2018, the party received only 0.31% of the vote.
As of 2013, the party is led by Mahfouz Weld al-Azizi. The party has strongly supported the
Syrian government
The government of Syria takes place in a presidential system and is currently in a transitionary period under and led by a transitional government. The seat of the government is located in Damascus, Syria.
On 8 December 2024, after the succ ...
throughout the
Syrian Civil War.
Palestine
Palestinian Samir al-Attari was a member of the National Command in the 1970s.
Until 1970, as-Saiqa remained under the control of Jadid.
Following the outbreak of the
Syrian Civil War in 2011, as-Sa'iqa took up arms in support of the Syrian Ba'athist government, participating in numerous military operations such as the
Southern Damascus offensive (April–May 2018).
After the fall of the Assad regime, as-Saiqa was allowed to resume its political activities by the new Syrian government and reopen its offices in Syria.
;As-Sa'iqa Secretary-General
*
Zuheir Mohsen (1971–1979; he was also a member of the National Command)
*
Isam al-Qadi
Isam al-Qadi () (died in 2006) was a Palestinian Ba'thist politician aligned with the Syrian government. He was head of the Syrian-controlled as-Sa'iqa faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) between 1979 and until his death in 2 ...
(1979–2006)
*Farhan Abu Al-Hayja (2007–2018)
*Mohammed Qeis (2018–present)
;Regional Secretaries
*Farhan Abulhaija (?–?)
Sudan
During the 1980s, the party was called Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Organization of Sudan (differentiating it from the pro-Iraqi party, called Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Country of Sudan). The party participated in the 1986 election as part of the Progressive National Front.
The party held its third regional congress in
Khartoum
Khartoum or Khartum is the capital city of Sudan as well as Khartoum State. With an estimated population of 7.1 million people, Greater Khartoum is the largest urban area in Sudan.
Khartoum is located at the confluence of the White Nile – flo ...
on February 5–6, 2009. The congress elected a 23-member Central Committee, an 11-member Regional Command and a regional secretary (Altijani Mustafa Yassin). The congress stated that the party sought cooperation with the
National Congress Party for the sake of forming a national front.
The party staunchly opposed independence of
South Sudan
South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...
.
It was reported in 2010 that Ahmad Alahmad, the Secretary General of the Arab Socialist Movement, was a member of the Sudanese regional leadership.
;Regional Secretaries
*Altijani Mustafa Yassin
Syria
The party slogan "
Unity, Freedom, Socialism" was enshrined in the Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic.
The eighth article of the Constitution stipulated that "
e leading party in the society and the state is the ... Ba'ath Party. It leads the National Progressive Front seeking to unify the resources of the masses of the people and place them at the service of the goals of the Arab nation".
The Constitution was adopted in 1973.
As per the Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic, it is the Regional Command of the party that nominates the candidate for president of the republic.
The Constitution does not explicitly say that the president has to be the leader of the party, but the National Progressive Front (NPF) charter states that president of the Syrian Arab Republic and the secretary of the party is also the president of the NPF.
The party has dominated the Syrian parliament since 1963.
The party leads the
National Progressive Front and in all elections conducted under this constitution has obtained the majority of the 167 parliamentary seats reserved for the Front.
In the 2003 parliamentary election, the party secured 135 of the seats.
As of the mid-2000s, the party membership in Syria was estimated at 800,000. Key party organs in Syria are ''Al-Ba'ath'' and ''Al-Thawra''.
Due to the party's focus on intellectuals and affluent elites, it failed to gain support from the economically weaker sections such as the urban workers and rural farmers. As a result, its support base was vastly limited to affluent merchant classes of
Damascus
Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...
and the
Alawite
Alawites () are an Arabs, Arab ethnoreligious group who live primarily in the Levant region in West Asia and follow Alawism, a sect of Islam that splintered from early Shia as a ''ghulat'' branch during the ninth century. Alawites venerate A ...
clans in the North-Western coast.
The Syrian Regional Command has 21 members.
As of 1987, the Syrian Regional Command comprised the three vice presidents of the Syrian Arab Republic, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, the parliamentary speaker, the Aleppo and
Hama
Hama ( ', ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 996,000 (2023 census), Hama is one o ...
party secretaries as well as the heads of the party bureaus for
trade union
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...
s, economy and higher education.
The seventh Syrian regional party congress was held in January 1980. The congress created a new institution, the Central Committee, to act as an intermediary body between the Regional Command and local branches. The Central Committee had 75 members. The eighth regional congress decided to expand the Central Committee to 95 members. The Central Committee was charged with electing the Regional Command, which previously had been done by the regional congress delegates. The Central Committee represents the regional congress when the congress is not in session.
The party has 19 branches in Syria: one in each of the thirteen provinces: one in Damascus, one in Aleppo and one at each of the four universities.
In most cases, the governor of a province, police chief, mayor and other local dignitaries make up the Branch Command, but the Branch Command Secretary and other executive positions are filled by party whole-timers.
The Syrian regional party congress is held every four years. While it is a strictly orchestrated affair, the regional congress has been a venue for actual debates on current affairs. Criticism against corruption and economic stagnation were expressed at the 1985 regional congress, albeit candidly. This congress was attended by 771 branch delegates.
The party has a parallel structure within the Syrian armed forces. The military and civilian sectors only meet at the regional level, as the military sector is represented in the Regional Command and sends delegates to regional congresses. The military sector is divided into branches, operating at the battalion level. The head of a military party branch is called a ''tawjihi'' ("guide").
The party has an Inspection and Control Committee, instituted in 1980.
The Party Security Law was passed in 1979, criminalizing "deviations" inside the party and attacks on the party.
The party has three bureaus for coordinating work in mass organizations: the Popular Organizations Bureau (coordinating the People's Army militia, the
Revolutionary Youth Union, Students Union and the
General Union of Syrian Women); the Workers Bureau (coordinating the
General Federation of Trade Unions); and the Peasants Bureau (coordinating the Peasants Federation). Children joined the Vanguards, an organization for grade-school boys and girls. Vanguards attended paramilitary summer camps operated by the armed forces. In the mid-1970s, the party ran a mass campaign for the mobilization of peasants into the Peasants Federation.
The party has its own system of political education, including the Higher Political Institute (a graduate school of the
University of Damascus).
Abdul Halim Khaddam resigned as National Command and Central Committee member in mid-2005.
Tunisia
There is no formal structure linked to the Damascus-based Ba'ath Party. Most Ba'athists in
Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...
support the Iraqi faction as members of the
Ba'ath Movement
The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ( ' ), also known simply as Bath Party (), was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and associates of Zaki al-Arsuzi. The party espoused Ba'athism, which is an ideology m ...
or the more leftist and radical the Party of the Arab and Democratic Vanguard. Only a small number of militants headed by Mohamed Salah Hermassi (a member of the Damascus-based National Command) are historically linked to
Damascus
Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...
.
Yemen
The People's Vanguard Party was the Ba'ath Party's Branch in
Yemen
Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...
. The party was established in the late 1950s.
When the Baath Party was divided between Syrian and Iraqi factions, the Yemeni branch overwhelmingly sided with the Syrian-led Ba'ath Party.
[ The assistant regional secretary of the party in Yemen was Mohammed Al-Zubairy.] The party ran in the 1993 parliamentary election, winning seven seats. In the 1997
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and 2003 parliamentary elections, the party won two seats. In 2003, the party got 0.66% of the national vote. The party supported Ali Abdullah Saleh
Ali Abdullah Saleh Affash (21 March 1947There is a dispute as to Saleh's date of birth, some saying that it was on 21 March 1942. See: However, by Saleh's own confession (an interview recorded in a YouTube video), he was born in 1947.4 Decembe ...
in the 1999 presidential election.
Abdullah al-Ahmar led a central party delegation to the 4th Regional Congress of the Yemenite Ba'ath in 2006.
In December 2008, the party and the National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party agreed to coordinate their political activities.
In November 2010, one of the key leaders of the party in Yemen, Ali Ahmad Nasser al-Dhahab, died. He had been assistant secretary of the Regional Command and a Member of Parliament since 1993.
In March 2013, Linda Mohammed, the head of the region's Women section, left the party in protest at the Yemenite leadership's continued support for Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian Ba'ath.
;Regional Secretaries
*Unknown
*Mahmoud Abdul-Wahab Abdul-Hamid (?–?)
*Quasim Salaam (?–present)
;Assistant Regional Secretaries
*Ali Ahmad Nasser al-Dhahab (1993 – November 30, 2010)
*Ahmad Haidar (?–?)
*Mohammed Al-Zubairy (?-?)
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