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Michel Aflaq

1910 - 1989

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Michel Aflaq (Arabic: ميشيل عفلق, romanized: Mīšīl ʿAflaq‎, Arabic pronunciation: [miˈʃel ˈʕaflaq]; 9 January 1910 – 23 June 1989) was a Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of Ba'athism and its political movement; he is considered by several Ba'athists to be the principal founder of Ba'athist thought. Aflaq published various books during his lifetime, such as The Road to Renaissance (1940), The Battle for One Destiny (1958) and The Struggle Against Distorting the Movement of Arab Revolution (1975). Born into a middle-class family in Damascus, Syria, he studied at the Sorbonne, where he met his future political companion Salah al-Din al-Bitar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Aflaq is the 2,293rd most popular politician (up from 2,630th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Syria (up from 35th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Syrian Politician.

Michel Aflaq was a Syrian philosopher and Arab nationalist. He is most famous for co-founding the Ba'ath Party.

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Among politicians, Michel Aflaq ranks 2,293 out of 19,576. Before him are Johan de Witt, Mariamne I, Frederick the Fair, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Harold Wilson, and Emperor Momozono. After him are Tedros Adhanom, William Tolbert, Jamukha, Cleopatra VI of Egypt, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, and Kaloyan of Bulgaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Michel Aflaq ranks 27. Before him are Paul Flory, Kurt Meyer, Gerda Taro, Chiang Ching-kuo, Eric Berne, and Katherine Oppenheimer. After him are Helenio Herrera, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Ronald Coase, Ludwig Stumpfegger, Kim Yong-sik, and William Hanna. Among people deceased in 1989, Michel Aflaq ranks 31. Before him are Silvana Mangano, Vladimir Horowitz, Hu Yaobang, Sándor Márai, Thomas Bernhard, and Abdullah Yusuf Azzam. After him are John Hicks, Daphne du Maurier, Hermann Oberth, William Shockley, John Cassavetes, and Sugar Ray Robinson.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Michel Aflaq ranks 28 out of 210. Before him are Muawiya II (661), Anisa Makhlouf (1930), Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Antiochus II Theos (-286), Avidius Cassius (130), and Zimri-Lim (-1800). After him are Ibn al-Nafis (1212), Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932), Al-Maʿarri (973), Bassel al-Assad (1962), Amin al-Hafiz (1921), and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Michel Aflaq ranks 16. Before him are Al-Adil I (1145), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Muawiya II (661), Anisa Makhlouf (1930), Antiochus II Theos (-286), and Zimri-Lim (-1800). After him are Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932), Amin al-Hafiz (1921), Yazid II (687), Al-Walid II (706), Odaenathus (220), and Nureddin al-Atassi (1929).

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