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Arab Ba'ath Progressive Party

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Leader
  
Fuad Dabbour

Headquarters
  
Amman, Jordan

House of Representatives
  
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Founded
  
1993

Ideology
  
Neo-Ba'athism Assadism

Arab Ba'ath Progressive Party

International affiliation
  
Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)

The Arab Ba'ath Progressive Party (Arabic: حزب البعث العربي التقدمي Hizb Al-Ba'ath Al-'Arabi Al-Taqadumi) is a political party in Jordan. It is the Jordanian regional branch of the Syrian-led Ba'ath Party. It was legally registered for the first time in 1993. The party is small, and has, according to a WikiLeaks document, "minuscule number of adherents". Despite it small size, the branch is able through its leader, Fuad Dabbour, able 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 Jordanian 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.

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Political platform

The party's stated objectives are:

  • The struggle for the supremacy and institutionalization of democracy as well as the rule of law and constitution.
  • The removal of control of the people’s will and achievement of political and economic reform in the interest of the people.
  • Adherence to the monotheistic religions and respect of the national heritage and the Arab nation’s unity.
  • Consolidation of the democratic system and the achievement of Arab economic integration.

    • Regional Secretaries

  • Mahmood Ma′ayteh
  • Fuad Dabbour

    • References

    Arab Ba'ath Progressive Party Wikipedia
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