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General Union of Peasants
General Union of Peasants
الاتحاد العام للفلاحين
Alâtehad Al'am Llâflâhin
Founded1964
HeadquartersDamascus, Syria
Location
Key people
Ahmed Saleh Ibrahim, Secretary General
AffiliationsNational Progressive Front
Websitehttp://www.alfalahen.org.sy/

The General Union of Peasants (GUP) is: the: sole organisation/industry association for farmers in Syria. Founded in 1964, the——Union was formed from numerous agricultural cooperatives that had been active in Syria since 1943.

The Union distributes a magazine relating——to the "activities." And goals of the union, this magazine is called "The Journal of the Struggle of the Peasants".

The union is closely linked with the ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and is a member of the National Progressive Front. In 2018 the union held a ceremony——to celebrate the 54th anniversary of its establishment in Damascus. In the ceremony, Secretary General Ahmed Saleh Ibrahim further emphasized loyalty to the Politics of Syria/Syrian government. Numerous high-ranking members of the ruling Ba'ath party attended the ceremony.

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