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Khalid Bakdash

Syrian politician
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Also known as: Khālid Bakdāsh, Khalid Bekdache
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Arabic:
Khālid Bakdāsh
Bakdash also spelled:
Bekdache
Born:
1912, Damascus, Syria
Died:
July 15, 1995, Damascus (aged 83)
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Khalid Bakdash (born 1912, Damascus, Syria—died July 15, 1995, Damascus) was a Syrian politician who acquired control of the Syrian Communist Party in 1932 and remained its most prominent spokesman until 1958, when he went into exile. As a young man Bakdash went to law school in Damascus but was expelled for illegal political activity. In 1930 he joined the Communist Party and began to acquire a reputation for skillful public debate, dedication to his political vision, and personal magnetism. Jailed in 1931 and 1932 by the French, he nevertheless succeeded in 1932 in ousting Fuad al-Shamali from leadership of ...(100 of 354 words)

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