Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region

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Ba'athist party political party ruling party

The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region was the Iraqi branch of the pan-Arab Ba'ath movement that ruled Iraq as a dominant authoritarian party, most prominently under Saddam Hussein.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ba'athist party → political party → ruling party →
banDate	2003 →
bannedIn	Iraq →
branchOf	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party →
cameToPowerIn	1968 →
characterizedAs	authoritarian → dictatorial → dominant party →
controlled	Iraqi security services → Revolutionary Command Council of Iraq →
country	Iraq →
endOfRule	2003 →
goal	socialist transformation of Arab society → unity of the Arab nation →
governmentTypeSupported	one-party state →
headquartersLocation	Baghdad →
ideology	Arab nationalism → Arab socialism → Ba'athism → pan-Arabism →
keyEvent	17 July 1968 coup in Iraq → 2003 invasion of Iraq → Gulf War (1990–1991) → Iraq–Iran War → consolidation of power under Saddam Hussein in the 1970s →
language	Arabic →
leader	Saddam Hussein →
notableMember	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr → Ali Hassan al-Majid → Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri → Saddam Hussein → Tariq Aziz →
opposedBy	Iran → Kurdish parties in Iraq → United Kingdom → United States →
partOf	Ba'ath Party →
policy	Arabization campaigns in Iraq → personality cult of Saddam Hussein → state control of key industries → suppression of political opposition →
politicalPosition	authoritarian → left-wing →
region	Iraq Region →
ruledCountry	Iraq →
startOfRule	1968 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Qusay Hussein → Saddam Hussein →	memberOf
Secretary General of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region ("Iraq Region of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Secretary General of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region ("Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region") →	associatedWith
Ba'ath Party ("Iraqi Ba'ath Party") →	branch
Secretary General of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region ("Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region") →	controls
Iraqi Intelligence Service ("Ba'ath Party (Iraq)") →	loyalTo
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr →	memberOfPoliticalParty
Secretary General of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region →	partOf
Uday Hussein →	politicalAffiliation