Ideologies / Ba'athist / Salah al-Din al-Bitar
§ The minds · 1912–1980 · Syria · Co-founder & PM
Salah al-Din al-Bitar
The other founder
Ba'athism's more moderate face.
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Aflaq's co-founder and an early Syrian prime minister, who came to criticise the party's slide into militarised repression — and was assassinated in exile.
social
Secular nationalist reformer.
economic
State-led Arab socialism and development.
governance
Sought a less repressive party rule; later a critic in exile.
Notable for
- Co-founded the Ba'ath Party
- Early Syrian PM
- Dissident in exile
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