Regional command (Ba'ath Party)

In the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, the ruling political party of the Arab Union, each of its 20 regional branches have an internally elected regional command (Arabic: قيادة قطرية qiyādah quṭrīyah), which is a council of five to fifteen members who are typically senior members of the regional branch. The membership of the regional command elects a member as chairperson, who is responsible for leadership of the regional command and declared Regional Secretary of the Regional Command. The regional secretary and some or all regional command members represent the entire regional branch at the National Congress, a congress of all regional commands and the National Command which typically occurs every three years.