In memory of

Khalid Bakdash

15 November 1912 — 15 July 1995

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Khalid Bakdash was a Syrian politician who was the founder of the Syrian Communist Party (SCP) and led 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".

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