Safwan al-Qudsi

Safwan al-Qudsi (Arabic: صفوان القدسي‎, b. 1940) is the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Socialist Union Party, a member of the central leadership of the National Progressive Front which controls the Syrian legislature, and chairman of the Arab Parties Congress. Safwan al-Qudsi received his bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Damascus. From 1972 to 1974 he was an assistant editor of the magazine Knowledge (المعرفة), a chief editor from 1974 to 1978. From 1980 through 1981 he was editor-in-chief of Moral (الأدبي) a literary magazine. Safwan al-Qudsi was elected to the legislature in 1977, and was a Minister of State from 1978 to 1980. Since 1981 he has been a member of the central leadership of the National...