Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria

Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria رئيس مجلس الشعب السوري
Coat of arms of Syria
Incumbent Hammouda Sabbagh since 28 September 2017
Style	His or Her Excellency
Residence	Damascus
Appointer	People's Assembly of Syria
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	Ahmad al-Khatib (modern incarnation)
Formation	Constitution of Syria 22 February 1971 (modern incarnation)

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The Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria (Arabic: رئيس مجلس الشعب السوري rayiys majlis alshaeb alsuwrii) represents the People's Assembly, Syria's legislature,^[1] signs documents and speaks on its behalf.^[2] Throughout its history, the Speaker has been responsible for representing the Assembly. As of 2017, 30 different people have served as speakers.

Election[]

A People's Assembly is elected every fourth calendar year.^[3] The first meeting of a newly elected People's Assembly is responsible for electing its Speaker.^[4]

Powers[]

The People's Assembly should meet at least three times a year, the Speaker has the power to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Assembly.^[5] The guards of the People's Assembly are under the authority of the Speaker.^[2]

Presidential elections[]

60 days before the term of the President expires, the Speaker calls for new elections.^[6] All presidential candidates have to be approved personally by the Speaker.^[6] If only one candidate is acceptable, the Speaker is supposed to postpone the elections.^[6] The election result is to be announced when the results have been counted.^[7]

Speakers[]

Syria under the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (1917–1920)[] President of the Syrian National Congress (1919–1920)[]
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time in office		Political party		Term	Convocation
1		Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960)	11 December 1919	17 July 1920	National Bloc		1 ()	1st convocation (1919–1920)
2		Rashid Rida (1865–1935)[8][9]	1920	1920	Independent		1 ()	2nd convocation (1919-20)
State of Syria, part of the French Mandate (1922–1930)[] Speaker of the Constituent Council (1923–1925)[]
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time in office		Political party		Term	Convocation
1		(1870–1960)	12 November 1923	14 July 1925	Independent		1 ()	1st convocation (1923–1928)
Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (1924–1930)[]
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time in office		Political party		Term	Convocation
1		Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960)	11 August 1928	6 September 1928	National Bloc		1 ()	1st convocation (1928)
Syrian Republic (1930–1946)[] Chairman of the Council of Representatives (1932–1933)[]
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time in office		Political party		Term	Convocation
1			7 June 1932	25 November 1933	Independent		1 ()	1st convocation (1932–1933)
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1932–1946)[]
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time in office		Political party		Term	Convocation
1		Subhi Barakat (1889–1939)	January 1932	1932	Independent		1 ()	2nd convocation (1932–1936)
2		Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962)	21 November 1936	8 July 1939	National Bloc		1 ()	3rd convocation (1936–1943)
Vacant (1939–1943)
2		Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962)	17 August 1943	17 October 1944	National Bloc		2 ()	4th convocation (1943–1947)
3		Saadallah al-Jabiri (1893–1947)	17 October 1944	15 September 1945	National Bloc		1 ()	4th convocation (1943–1947)
2		Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962)	16 September 1945	22 October 1946	National Bloc		1 ()	4th convocation (1943–1947)
Syrian Republic (1946–1958)[] Speaker of the House of Representatives (1947–1949)[]
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time in office		Political party		Term	Convocation
2		Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962)	27 September 1947	31 March 1949	National Bloc People's Party		2 (1947)	5th convocation (1947–1949)
Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (1949–1951)[]
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time in office		Political party		Term	Convocation
4		Rushdi al-Kikhya (1899–1987)	12 December 1949	22 June 1951	People's Party		1 (1949)	6th convocation (1949–1953)
5		Maarouf al-Dawalibi (1909–2004)	23 June 1951	30 September 1951	People's Party		1 (1949)	6th convocation (1949–1953)
6		Nazim al-Kudsi (1906–1998)	1 October 1951	2 December 1951	People's Party		1 (1949)	6th convocation (1949–1953)
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1953–1954)[]
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time in office		Political party		Term	Convocation
7		Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914–1998)	24 October 1953	2 December 1954	Independent		1 (1953)	7th convocation (1953–1954)
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1954–1958)[]
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time in office		Political party		Term	Convocation
6		Nazim al-Kudsi (1906–1998)	14 October 1954	1 October 1957	People's Party		1 (1954)	8th convocation (1954–1958)
8		Akram al-Hawrani (1912–1996)	14 October 1957	22 February 1958	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		1 (1954)	8th convocation (1954–1958)
United Arab Republic (1958–1961)[] President of the Chamber of Deputies (1958–1960)[]
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time in office		Political party		Term	Convocation
1		Akram al-Hawrani (1912–1996)	22 February 1958	20 July 1960	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		1 (1954)	8th convocation (1954–1958)
Chairman of the Council of Nation (1960–1961)[]
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time in office		Political party		Term	Convocation
1		Anwar Sadat (1918–1981)	21 July 1960	17 September 1961			1 ()	1st convocation (1960–1961)
Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)[] President of the Chamber of Deputies (1961–1963)[]
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time in office		Political party		Term	Convocation
7		Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914–1998)	12 December 1961	12 September 1962	Independent		1 (1961)	9th convocation (1961–1963)
9		Said al-Ghazzi (1893–1967)	17 September 1962	7 March 1963	Independent		1 (1961)	9th convocation (1961–1963)
Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council (1965–1966)[]
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time in office		Political party		Term	Convocation
1		Mansur al-Atrash (1926–2006)	1 September 1965	24 February 1966	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		1 (None)	1st convocation (1965–1966)
Speaker of the People's Assembly (1971–present)[]
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time in office		Political party		Term	Convocation
1		Ahmad al-Khatib (1933–1982)	22 February 1971	26 December 1971	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		1 (None)	1st convocation (1971–1973)
2		(?–2006)	27 December 1971	21 February 1973	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		1 (None)	1st convocation (1971–1973)
3		Muhammad Ali al-Halabi (1937–2016)	9 June 1973	8 June 1977	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		1 (1973)	2nd convocation (1973–1977)
			18 August 1977	27 March 1978			2 (1977)	3rd convocation (1977–1981)
4			30 March 1978	17 August 1981	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		1 (1977)	3rd convocation (1977–1981)
5		Mahmoud Zuabi (1935–2000)	16 November 1981	15 November 1985	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		1 (1981)	4th convocation (1981–1985)
			27 February 1986	18 February 1988			2 (1986)	5th convocation (1986–1990)
6		Abd al-Qadir Qaddura (1935–2013)	19 February 1988	16 February 1990	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		1 (1986)	5th convocation (1986–1990)
			11 June 1990	10 June 1994			2 (1990)	6th convocation (1990–1994)
			10 September 1994	9 September 1998			3 (1994)	7th convocation (1994–1998)
			1999	2002			4 (1998)	8th convocation (1998–2003)
7		Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944–)	9 March 2003	18 September 2003	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		1 (2003)	9th convocation (2003–2007)
8		Mahmoud al-Abrash (1944–)	7 October 2003	8 March 2007	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		1 (2003)	9th convocation (2003–2007)
			7 May 2007	7 May 2012			2 (2007)	10th convocation (2007–2012)
9		Mohammad Jihad al-Laham (1954–)	24 May 2012	6 June 2016	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		1 (2012)	11th convocation (2012–2016)
10		Hadiya Khalaf Abbas (1958–2021)	6 June 2016	20 July 2017	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		1 (2016)	12th convocation (2016–2020)
11		Hammouda Sabbagh (1959–)	28 September 2017	2020	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)		1 (2016)	12th convocation (2016–2020)
			2020	Present			2 (2020)	13th convocation (2020–present)

See also[]

• President of Syria
  • List of presidents of Syria
• Vice President of Syria
• Prime Minister of Syria
  • List of prime ministers of Syria
• Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Syria)

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