Regional_Command_of_the_Arab_Socialist_Ba'ath_Party_–_Iraq_Region

Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region

Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region

Highest organ of the Iraqi Ba'athist party

The Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region, officially the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, was the highest decision-making organ of the Ba'ath Party organization in Iraq. The Regional Command has normally had 19-21 members throughout its history.[1] When in power, the Directorate of Security Affairs was responsible for the security of the president and the senior members of the Regional Command.[2]

The Iraqi Regional Branch was organized on the Marxist–Leninist model, with a small elite, the Regional Command, controlling the party from the top down. As in the Soviet Union, the party leadership became the government.[3] While the Regional Command was the de facto highest legislative and executive organ of state and party, the Revolutionary Command Council was according to the 1970 Constitution of Iraq "the supreme body of the state."[4] In theory, the Regional Command was to be subordinate to the National Command.[5]

Structure

Members

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References

General
Regional Command membership was taken from this source:

Specific

  1. [1]
    Sassoon 2012, p. 36.
  2. [2]
    Sassoon 2012, p. 99.
  3. [3]
    Coughlin 2005, pp. 73–74.
  4. [4]
    Coughlin 2005, p. 74.
  5. [5]
    Ghareeb & Dougherty 2004, p. 192.

Bibliography

  • Coughlin, Con (2005). Saddam: His Rise and Fall. Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-06-050543-5.
  • Ghareeb, Edmund; Dougherty, Beth (2004). Historical dictionary of Iraq. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4330-1.
  • Tripp, Charles (2010). A History of Iraq. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-87823-4.
  • Sassoon, Joseph (2012). Saddam Hussein's Ba'th Party: Inside an Authoritarian Regime (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-14915-0.
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