The Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) (Hizb al-Taqadummi al-Ishtiraki) is a political party in Lebanon headed by Walid Jumblatt.

• The creation of the PSP:
  • Date of the foundation of the political party: 01/05/1949
  • Date of the Acknowledgment of the political party: March 17th 1949 under notification N°789.

• The PSP was founded by the 6 following persons, who happened to be of different backgrounds:
  • Kamal Jumblatt,
  • Farid Joubran,
  • Albert Adeeb,
  • Abdallah Alayli,
  • Fouad Rizk,
  • Georges Hanna,

The PSP held in Beirut the first conference for the Socialist Arab Parties in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Iraq in 1951.

External link: http://www.psp.org.lb