{{Infobox political party | country = Syria | colorcode = {{party color|Arab Democratic Union Party}} | name = Arab Democratic Union Party | native_name = حزب الاتحاد العربي الديمقراطي | leader1_title = Secretary of the Central Committee | leader1_name = [[Iyad Ghassan Osman]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pnf.org.sy/?page=category&category_id=113&id=26&lang=ar|title = حزب الاتحاد العربي الديمقراطي}}</ref> | logo = [[File:Arab_Democratic_Union_Party.png|200px]] | banned = {{Start date and age|2025|01|29|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Al-Ammar |first1=Najjar |title=الإدارة السورية الجديدة تعلن وقف العمل بالدستور وتعيين الشرع رئيسا للبلاد في المرحلة الانتقالية |url=https://www.france24.com/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7/20250129-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D9%88%D9%82%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%B9-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9 |access-date=31 January 2025 |agency=[[France 24]] |date=29 January 2025 |language=Arabic |trans-title=The new Syrian administration announces the suspension of the constitution and the appointment of Sharia as president of the country in the transitional period}}</ref> | founder = [[Muhammad al-Sufi]] | ideology = [[Arab nationalism]]<br>[[Arab socialism]]<br>[[Nasserism]] | position = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]] | colours = [[Green]], [[Red]], [[Black]] | native_name_lang = ar | national = {{Nowrap|[[National Progressive Front (Syria)|National Progressive Front]] (until 2025)}} | seats1_title = [[People's Assembly of Syria|People's Assembly]] | seats1 = | seats2_title = [[Cabinet of Syria]] | seats2 = | headquarters = [[Damascus]] }}
The '''Arab Democratic Union Party''' ({{langx|ar|حزب الاتحاد العربي الديمقراطي}}, ''Hizb Al-Ittihad Al-'Arabi Al-Dimuqrati'') was a [[nationalist]] [[political party]] in [[Syria]]. During the [[Ba'athist Syria|Ba'athist era]], it was part of the [[National Progressive Front (Syria)|National Progressive Front]] (NPF) of parties that supported the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Ba'ath Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pnf.org.sy/?page=category&category_id=113&id=26&lang=ar|title=حزب الاتحاد العربي الديمقراطي|access-date=2019-06-15|archive-date=2020-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416164050/http://pnf.org.sy/?page=category&category_id=113&id=26&lang=ar|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the 22 April 2007 [[People's Council of Syria]] [[Syrian parliamentary election, 2007|election]] the party was awarded 1 out of 250 seats in the parliament.
Following the [[fall of the Assad regime]], the party along with the NPF was dissolved by the [[Syrian caretaker government|Syrian transitional government]] on 29 January 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ahmad Al-Sharaa officially named Syria's transitional president |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/ahmad-al-sharaa-officially-named-syrias-transitional-president/3466149 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref>
==Ideology== The party was committed to the ideals of [[Nasserism]], the party states its intent as, "Building a society that is governed by social justice and in its ideological approach and its struggle is guided by [[Nasserism]], thought and practice". The party was both [[Arab nationalism|Arab nationalist]] and [[Arab socialism|Arab socialist]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pnf.org.sy/?page=category&category_id=113&id=26&lang=ar|title=حزب الاتحاد العربي الديمقراطي|access-date=2019-06-15|archive-date=2020-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416164050/http://pnf.org.sy/?page=category&category_id=113&id=26&lang=ar|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Syrian political parties}} {{Ba'ath Party}} [[Category:2025 disestablishments in Syria]] [[Category:Arab nationalism in Syria]] [[Category:Banned political parties in Syria]] [[Category:Banned socialist parties]] [[Category:Defunct nationalist parties]] [[Category:Defunct political parties in Syria]] [[Category:Defunct socialist parties in Asia]] [[Category:Nasserist political parties]] [[Category:Nationalist parties in Syria]] [[Category:Political parties disestablished in 2025]] [[Category:Political parties with year of establishment missing]] [[Category:Socialist parties in Syria]] {{Syria-party-stub}}