Khalid Bakdash

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...