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====[[File:SalahJadid.png]] Salah Jadid====
Salah Jadid (1924/26-1993) born near Homs and studied at its military academy. As a young man, he sympathized with the [[Saadehism|Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP),]] [[File:Saadeh.png]] attracted by its nationalism and organization. [[File:Nation.png]] However, he distanced himself when he saw that the SSNP promoted a "Greater Syria" [[File:GreaterSyria.png]] rather than the Arab unity [[File:PanArab.png]] he advocated. 

At the academy, he met young officers sympathetic to Baathism [[File:Aflaq.png]] and discovered in the Baath Arab Socialist Party [[File:Baath.png]] a vision that combined Arab nationalism [[File:Arab.png]] and social justice [[File:SocialCommun.png]]. He joined the Baath in the late 1950s, and after the 1963 coup, he became a key figure in the regime, leading its leftist wing until its fall in 1970. [[File:Authleft.png]]

Then, he became a Syrian army officer and a leading figure in the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He was one of the conspirators of the 1963 coup d'état that installed the Ba'athists in power in Syria, and in 1966 he led the [[File:Cball-Syrian Republic.png]] [[W:Syrian coup d'état|Syrian coup d'état]] [[File:Cball-Syria.png]] which become the country's supreme leader. Although he never held any head of state position, such as the presidency, he controlled the party and the state apparatus until his dismissal.

Salah Jadid's government implemented a [[State Socialism|state socialist policy]] that radically transformed Syria's political and economic structure. It introduced profound [[Agrarian Socialism|agrarian reforms that redistributed land among propertyless peasants]] [[File:Agsoc.png]]. thus breaking with the [[Traditionalism|traditional]] [[Feudalism|feudal system]] [[File:Trad.png]] [[File:Feud.png]] and seeking to empower the rural masses. [[Regulationism|Strategic and vital sectors]] such as banking, industry [[File:Indust.png]], commerce [[File:DVCommerce.png]], and transportation were nationalized and placed under state control. Private property ownership was drastically reduced, and the state promoted [[Centralism|centralized planning]] to guide economic and social development [[File:Centralism.png]].

Jadid showed strong sympathy for [[Nationalism|nationalization]] [[File:Nation.png]], promoting it as a key instrument for consolidating state power and [[Isolationism|reducing foreign influence in the Syrian economy]] [[File:Isolationist.png]]. He also promoted border closures and a protectionist policy that sought to strengthen economic independence from external powers and [[Protectionism|limit the penetration of foreign capital and products]] [[File:EconUltraNat.png]].

On the international level, Salah Jadid promoted a firm alliance with the Soviet Union [[File:ML.png]], seeking political, military, and economic support to sustain his revolutionary project. This relationship with the USSR reinforced his [[Marxism-Leninism|socialist orientation]] and his confrontation with the [[Neoconservatism|Western powers]] and the [[Islamic_Populism|"reactionary" Arab countries]].

Furthermore, the Jadid regime promoted [[State Atheism|state atheism]] [[File:StateathFedora.png]], eliminating religion from public institutions and progressively reducing the influence of Islam [[File:Muslim_2.png]] in Syrian society [[File:Ba%27athist_Syria.png]]. Education and culture were ideologically and culturally aligned with [[secularism|secularism]] [[File:Secular.png]] and [[W:Metaphysical_naturalism|scientific materialism]], in explicit rejection of religion and traditional power structures.

Unlike traditional Baathists, Jadid openly advocated [[W:Class_consciousness|class struggle as the driving force of the revolution]], identifying the [[Islamic_Populism|"reactionary Arab countries"] [[File:Jihad.png]][[File:Monarch.png]][[File:IslamCap.png]][[File:Cball-Saudi.png]][[File:Islamic_Democracy.png]]  as enemies of the true [[Arab_Socialism|Arab liberation process]]. This radical approach marked a break that the traditional Ba'athists [[File:Aflaq.png]] did not follow, thinking that Jadid was a simple [[Marxism|Communist]] rather than a Ba'athist.

In short, Salah Jadid's government sought to build a [[State_Socialism|strong, secular, socialist Arab state]] through a profound social transformation that rejected sects, tribalism, and religious influence, promoting instead national unity, social justice, and independence from imperialist powers.

He was overthrown in November 1970 by Hafez al-Assad in a coup known as the Corrective Movement. He remained in Mezzeh Prison without trial for more than 20 years. He died in 1993 at the age of 67 while still in prison. Syrian authorities [[File:Ba%27athist_Syria.png]] claimed the cause of death was septic shock, but there is no supporting documentation or independent autopsy.