Ba'ath Party (Iraq)
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Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي في العراق |
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| Regional Secretary | Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri |
| Deputy Regional Secretary | Unknown |
| Founded | est. 1948–1952 (recognized in 1951) |
| Headquarters | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Newspaper | Al-Thawra |
| Paramilitary wing |
National Guard (1963) Popular Army (1970–1991) Fedayeen Saddam (1995–2003) Naqshbandi Army (2006–present) MCIR (2014–present) |
| Membership | At least 102,900 |
| Ideology | Neo-Ba'athism Saddamism (1979–present) Iraqi nationalism (1991–present) |
| National affiliation | National Progressive Front |
| International affiliation | None |
| Regional affiliation |
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (1951–1966) Iraq-based Ba'ath Party (1966–present) |
| Colours | Black, Red, White and Green (Pan-Arab colors) |
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The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region (Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي في العراق Hizb Al-Baath Al-'Arabi Al-Ishtiraki fi Al-'Iraq), officially the Iraqi Regional Branch, is a regional branch of the Arab Ba'athist political party founded in 1951 by Fuad al-Rikabi. It was part of the original Ba'ath Party (1951–1966), changing its allegiance to the Iraqi-dominated Ba'ath movement following the 1966 split within the Ba'ath Party.
The Iraqi Regional Branch of the Ba'ath Party was established in 1951 or 1952. Some historians claim that the Iraqi Regional Branch was established by Abd ar Rahman ad Damin and Abd al Khaliq al Khudayri in 1947 after their return from the founding congress of the Ba'ath Party held in Damascus, Syria the same year. In another version, Fuad al-Rikabi established the Iraqi Regional Branch in 1948 with Sa'dun Hamadi, a Shia Muslim, but became secretary of the Regional Command in 1952.
The Iraqi Regional Branch was Arab nationalist and vague in its socialist orientation. Al-Rikabi, expelled from the party in 1961 for being a Nasserist, was an early follower of Michel Aflaq, the founder of Ba'athism. During the party's early days, members discussed topics regarding Arab nationalism, the social inequalities that had grown out of the British "Tribal Criminal and Civil Disputes Regulation," and the Iraqi Parliament's Law 28 of 1932 "Governing the Rights and Duties of Cultivators". By 1953, the party, led by al-Rikabi, was engaged in subversive activities against the government.
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