People's Party (Syria)

People's Party

حزب الشعب
People's Party حزب الشعب
Founded	August 1948
Dissolved	1963
Split from	National Bloc
Headquarters	Aleppo
Newspaper	Al-Shaʻb
Ideology	Liberalism; National liberalism; Civic nationalism; Liberal conservatism; Conservative liberalism; Social liberalism; Arab nationalism; Pan-Arabism; Populism; Pro-Hashemite dynasty; Pro-Western Bloc; Faction:; Syrian nationalism; ;
Political position	Centre-right
	Politics of Syria; Political parties; Elections;

The People's Party (Arabic: حزب الشعب Ḥizb aš-Šaʿb; French: Parti du peuple) was a Syrian political party that dominated Syrian politics during the 1950s and the early 1960s.

The party was officially founded in August 1948 by Rushdi al-Kikhiya, Nazem al-Qudsi and Mustafa bey Barmada. It saw its greatest levels of support among Aleppo merchants, bankers and those in agriculture in surrounding areas. It supported closer ties with Hashemite-ruled Iraq and Jordan, although some members also supported closer ties with Lebanon. Similar to its rival, the National Party, it was also popular among landowners and landlords.