National Command (Ba'ath Party)

The National Command (Arabic: القيادة الوطنية al-qiyādah al-waṭanīyah) is the highest administrative body of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, the founding and ruling political party of the Union of Arab Republics (UAR/Arab Union). It is elected at the triennial National Congress of the Ba'ath Party, the highest policy institution in the party, and responsible for acting on its behalf between National Congress sessions, its actions subject to review at subsequent sessions. After its election, the National Command chooses from amongst its members a chairperson, who is declared National Secretary of the National Command and responsible for leading the National Command and opening sessions of the National Congress.