National Bloc (Syria)

The Bloc National (French for National block, Arabic الكتلة الوطنية ) was a Syrian political party which campaigned during the period of the French mandate over Syria for independence.

The party was founded by a national conference in 1928 by Ibrahim Hananu. There was no structured party, but rather a coalition of areas that are more disposed towards the French presence in Syria hostile. The Bloc National was led mainly by notables conservatives; Landowners, merchants, lawyers, etc. This coalition gathered the fifty richest and most powerful families in Syria.

The political participation of these notables in the struggle for independence is a remnant of the political struggle that they had played in their youth against the Ottoman Empire. The Bloc National had no clearly defined ideology, and no social and economic agenda. The main goal, which precedes urged the movement to return to the Syrian independence from 1920 through diplomatic and nonviolent action was. In 1947, a year after Syria gained independence from France, the party was disbanded and renamed the Parti National ( National Party). The People's Party seceded from her.