 | This article needs to be updated.(January 2025) |
General Union of Peasants | |
| الاتحاد العام للفلاحين Alâtehad Al'am Llâflâhin | |
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| Founded | 1964 [1] |
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| Dissolved | 29 January 2025 [2] [3] |
| Headquarters | Damascus, Syria |
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Key people | Ahmed Saleh Ibrahim, Secretary General |
| Affiliations | National Progressive Front |
| Website | http://www.alfalahen.org.sy/ |
The General Union of Peasants (GUP) was the sole organisation/industry association for farmers in Ba'athist Syria. Founded in 1964, the Union was formed from numerous agricultural cooperatives that had been active in Syria since 1943. [4]
The Union distributed a magazine relating to the activities and goals of the union, this magazine is called "The Journal of the Struggle of the Peasants". [5]
The union was closely linked with the ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and was a member of the National Progressive Front. [4] In 2018 the union held a ceremony to celebrate the 54th anniversary of its establishment in Damascus. In the ceremony, Secretary General Ahmed Saleh Ibrahim further emphasized loyalty to the Syrian government. Numerous high-ranking members of the ruling Ba'ath party attended the ceremony. [6]
Following the fall of the Assad regime, the GUP was dissolved by the Syrian transitional government on 29 January 2025. [7]
