Hammouda Sabbagh | |
|---|---|
حمودة الصباغ | |
 Sabbagh in 2017 | |
| Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria | |
| In office 28 September 2017 – 12 December 2024 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Hadiya Khalaf Abbas |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Member of the Central Command of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Baath Party | |
| In office 22 April 2017 – 11 December 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 February 1959 Al-Hasakah, Syria, United Arab Republic |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party (until the 11 December 2024) |
Hammouda Youssef Sabbagh (Arabic: حمودة يوسف الصباغ ALA-LC: Ḥammūdah Yūsuf al-Ṣabbāgh, born 10 February 1959)[1] is a Syrian politician who served as Speaker of the People's Council of Syria from 28 September 2017 until 12 December 2024.[2] He was the first Assyrian Christian[3] to have held the post,[4] and overall the second Christian to hold that post since Fares al-Khoury.[5] He was elected speaker of parliament with 193 votes out of 252.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ عضو مجلس الشعب: حمودة صباغ بن يوسف (in Arabic)
- ^ Election de Hammouda Sabbagh comme président de l’Assemblée du people (in French)
- ^ Official Reception in Honor of His Excellency Speaker of the Syrian Parliament Mr. Hammouda Sabbagh
- ^ انتخاب مسيحي أرثوذكسي رئيسًا لمجلس الشعب السوري (in Arabic)
- ^ a b Un chrétien élu à la tête du Parlement syrien (in French)
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