Arab Socialist Union (Libya)

The Arab Socialist Union of Libya (ASU) was a political party in Libya from 1971 to 1977 led by Muammar Gaddafi. Gaddafi served as chairman of the party.[2]

This article is about the ASU in Libya. For sister parties in other Arab states, see Arab Socialist Union (disambiguation).
Arab Socialist Union of Libya
االإتحاد الإشتراكي العربي في ليبيا
ChairmanMuammar Gaddafi
General SecretaryBashir Hawady
Founded11 June 1971 (1971-06-11)[1]
Dissolved3 March 1977 (1977-03-03)
HeadquartersTripoli, Libya
IdeologyArab nationalism
Arab socialism
Pan-Arabism
Nasserism

Many aspects of Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan socialist revolution were based on that of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Like Nasser, Gaddafi seized power with a Free Officers Movement, which in 1971 became the Arab Socialist Union of Libya.[3] Like its Egyptian counterpart, the Libyan ASU was the sole legal party and was designed as a vehicle for integrated national expression rather than as a political party.

Bashir Hawady was the general secretary of the party.[4] In May 1972, the Libyan ASU and the Egyptian ASU agreed to merge their two parties into a single body.[5]

References
  1. Political Culture in Libya. Routledge. 5 September 2013. p. 46. ISBN 9781136115868.
  2. Cairo Press Review. 21 June 1973. p. 26.
  3. "Libya - The Arab Socialist Union". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  4. Cairo Press Review, 1972. p. 11
  5. The Middle East: Abstracts and index, Vol. 23, Part 2. Library Information and Research Service., 1999. p. 248


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