Ideologies / Ba'athist / Hafez al-Assad
§ The minds · 1930–2000 · Syria · President
Hafez al-Assad
The iron grip
Ba'athism as a security state.
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The Syrian president who turned Ba'athism into a durable family-and-security state, ruling for three decades through the party, army and intelligence services.
social
Secular nationalism enforced over sectarian and Islamist rivals.
economic
State-dominated socialist economy under party control.
governance
Built a pervasive one-party security state.
Notable for
- Three decades of one-party rule
- Ba'athist security state
- Hama suppression
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