Rushdi al-Kikhya (Arabic: رشدي الكيخيا; 1899 – 14 March 1987) was a Syrian political leader who founded the People's party in 1948.

[1] In 1939, Kikhya clashed with the Bloc leadership, however, over their failure to prevent Turkey's annexation of the Sanjak of Alexandretta, territory in northern Syria that had once been part of the Ottoman Empire.

[2] Kikhya joined Nazem al-Qudsi, also from Aleppo, and campaigned against the election of Shukri al-Quwatli, the National Bloc candidate for the presidency in 1943.

[3][4] Kikhya supported the coup that ousted Husni al-Za'im in August 1949 and allied himself with Syria's new leader, President Hashim al-Atasi.

[2] The leadership of the People's Party including Kikhya pushed to form a union with Iraq, to curb any future Israeli eastward expansion.