What is Michel Aflaq?
{{Infobox officeholder |<!-- Scroll down to edit this page --> <!-- Philosopher Category --> |<!-- Image and Caption --> | image = Maflaq.jpg | image_size = | caption = |<!-- Information --> |office = Secretary General of the [[National Command]] of the [[Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)|Iraq-based Ba'ath Party]] |predecessor = None–post established |successor = [[Saddam Hussein]] |deputy = [[Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr]] |term_start = February 1968 |term_end = 23 June 1989 |office2 = Secretary General of the [[National Command]] of the [[Ba'ath Party|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] |term_start2 = 1954 |term_end2 = April 1965 |predecessor2 = None–post established |successor2 = [[Munif al-Razzaz]] | name = Michel Aflaq |birth_date = 9 January 1910 |birth_place = [[Damascus]], [[Ottoman Syria]] |death_date = 23 June 1989 (age 79) |death_place = Paris, France |party = [[Arab Ba'ath Movement]] (1940–1947)<br />[[Ba'ath Party|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] (1947–1966)<br />[[Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)|Iraq-based Ba'ath Party]] (1968–1989) }} '''Michel Aflaq''' ({{lang-ar|ميشيل عفلق}}&lrm;, {{IPA-ar|miːʃeːl ʕaflaq}}, 9 January 1910 – 23 June 1989) was a Syrian philosopher, [[sociology|sociologist]] and [[Arab nationalism|Arab nationalist]]. He is considered to be the principal founder of Ba'athism. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aflaq, Michel}} [[Category:1910 births]] [[Category:1989 deaths]] [[Category:Eastern Orthodox Christians]] [[Category:Nationalists]] [[Category:People from Damascus]] [[Category:Philosophers]] [[Category:Sociologists]] [[Category:Syrian Christians]] [[Category:Syrian politicians]]