General Secretary

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The General Secretary is the highest-ranking official and primary leader of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, responsible for guiding its overall political strategy and organizational direction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf party leadership position
political office
appliesToJurisdiction Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Syria-based pan-Arab organization) NERFINISHED
appointedBy National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party NERFINISHED
associatedWith Ba'ath Party National Command (Syria-based) NERFINISHED
Syrian-led Ba'ath Party NERFINISHED
basedIn Syrian Arab Republic NERFINISHED
category Ba'ath Party positions
political office-holders in Syria
country Syria
hasAuthorityOver National Command members NERFINISHED
pan-Arab party organs
historicalContext post-split Ba'ath movement dominated by Syrian faction after 1966
ideology Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Ba'athism NERFINISHED
inception 1960s
influences state policy in Syria through party–state integration
jurisdiction National Command structures of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party NERFINISHED
languageOfOffice Arabic
nativeLabel الأمين العام للقيادة القومية لحزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي NERFINISHED
notableOfficeHolder Bashar al-Assad NERFINISHED
Hafez al-Assad NERFINISHED
officeContestedIn internal party processes of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
officeHolderRole highest-ranking official of the National Command
primary leader of the National Command
organizationalLevel supra-regional (national/pan-Arab) level within the Ba'ath Party
partOf Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party NERFINISHED
National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment ruling party leadership in Syria (post-1970)
powerBase Ba'ath Party structures in Syria NERFINISHED
relatedPosition Regional Secretary of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Syria) NERFINISHED
reportsTo National Congress of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party NERFINISHED
requires high standing within party leadership
membership in the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
responsibleFor coordination of regional branches through the National Command
guiding party policy at the pan-Arab level
organizational direction of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
overall political strategy of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
scope pan-Arab party leadership
seat Damascus NERFINISHED
symbolicRole chief spokesperson of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party at the pan-Arab level
embodiment of party unity and ideological line
termLength not fixed in public constitutional law; determined by party statutes

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