Arab Socialism - List of Arab Socialists

List of Arab Socialists

The following is a list of people who have been seen as adherents of Arab socialism, or have been influential within the Arab socialist school of thought, although some of them may not have used the term, or may even have opposed it.

Ba'athists:

  • Zaki al-Arsuzi
  • Michel ‘Aflaq
  • Salah al-Din al-Bitar
  • Tariq Aziz
  • Saddam Hussein
  • Hafez al-Assad
  • Bashar al-Assad

Nasserites:

  • Gamal Abdel Nasser
  • Muammar al-Gaddafi

Algerian Socialists:

  • Ahmed Ben Bella
  • Houari Boumediene

Moroccans Socialists:

  • Mehdi Ben Barka

Palestinian Socialists:

  • Yasser Arafat
  • George Habash
  • Nayef Hawatmeh

Lebanese Socialists:

  • Assem Qanso
  • Kamal Jumblat
  • Walid Jumblatt

Sudanese Socialists

  • Gaafar Nimeiry

Syrian Socialists:

  • Akram al-Hawrani

Yemeni Socialists

  • Ibrahim al-Hamdi
  • Abdul Rahman al-Iryani
  • Abdullah as-Sallal

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