The
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region (
Hizb Al-Baath Al-'Arabi Al-Ishtiraki fi Al-'Iraq), officially the
Iraqi Regional Branch (
Iraq being a "region" of the Arab nation in Ba'ath ideology) of the Arab
Ba'athist political party founded in 1951 by
Fuad al-Rikabi. It was part of the
original Ba'ath Party (1951–1966), changing its allegiance to the
Iraqi-dominated Ba'ath movement following the 1966 split within the Ba'ath Party.