Bassam al-Sabbagh
Bassam al-Sabbagh بسام الصباغ | |
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| 14th Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations | |
| Assumed office 22 November 2020 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Bashar Jaafari |
| Permanent Representative of Syria to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | |
| In office 31 October 2013 – 22 November 2020 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | [1] |
| Ambassador to Austria | |
| In office 2010 – 22 November 2020 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Succeeded by | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1, 1969 Aleppo, Syria |
| Alma mater | Aleppo University Damascus Higher Institute for Political Science |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Bassam al-Sabbagh (Arabic: بسام الصباغ) (born January 1, 1969) is a Syrian diplomat, holding the position of Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York City since November 22, 2020, as well as former Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Vienna the United Nations Office at Vienna, its former permanent representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and its former permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency.[2]
Life and education[]
He was born in January 1969 in Aleppo. Graduated from the University of Aleppo as a specialist in international relations, and has a bachelor's degree in political science from the Higher Institute of Political Science in Damascus.[3]
Career[]
- 1994-1995 - Attaché in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria;
- 1995-2000 - Second, then First Secretary of the Syrian Embassy in Washington;
- 2000-2001 - Alternate Director in the Office of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs;
- 2001-2006 - Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Syria to the UN (New York);
- 2006-2010 - Head of Administration at the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
- 2010-2013 - Permanent Representative of Syria to the UN Office (Vienna).[4]
- 2010-2020 - Ambassador to Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Italy.[5]
- 2010-2020 - Resident Representative to the IAEA, UNIDO, UNODC (Vienna).[3]
- 2013-2020 - Permanent Representative of Syria to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (The Hague).[6]
- 2020 - present - Head of the Syrian Mission at the UN Headquarters in New York.
References[]
- ^ "New Ambassador of Syria to the OPCW". SANA. 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "Presidential decrees naming Dr. Mikdad as Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Dr. al-Jaafari as Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister". SANA. 2020-11-22. Archived from the original on 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ a b "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". ООН. 2010-03-03. Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ "Syria Embassy in Vienna | Embassies in Vienna". www.123embassy.com.
- ^ "Member State - Syria". OPCW. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
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