The Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria (Arabic: رئيس مجلس الشعب السوري, romanized: Raʼīs Majlis ash-Shaʻb as-Sūrī) 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.

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Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria
رئيس مجلس الشعب السوري
since 28 September 2017
People's Assembly of Syria
StyleHis or Her Excellency
ResidenceDamascus
AppointerPeople's Assembly
Term length4 years
Inaugural holderAhmad al-Khatib
(modern incarnation)
FormationConstitution of Syria
22 February 1971
(modern incarnation)
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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]

List of officeholders

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Syria under the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (1917–1920)

President of the Syrian National Congress (1919–1920)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term Convocation
1 Thumb Hashim al-Atassi
(1875–1960)
11 December 1919 17 July 1920 National Bloc 1
(1919)
1st convocation
(1919–1920)
2 Thumb Rashid Rida
(1865–1935)[8][9]
1920 1920 Independent 1
(1920)
2nd convocation
(1919–1920)

State of Syria, part of the French Mandate (1922–1930)

Speaker of the Constituent Council (1923–1925)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term Convocation
1 Thumb Badih Muayyad al-Azm
(1870–1960)
12 November 1923 14 July 1925 Independent 1
(1923)
1st convocation
(1923–1928)

Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (1924–1930)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term Convocation
1 Thumb Hashim al-Atassi
(1875–1960)
11 August 1928 6 September 1928 National Bloc 1
(1928)
1st convocation
(1928)

Syrian Republic (1930–1946)

Chairman of the Council of Representatives (1932–1933)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term Convocation
1 Thumb Barakat al-Khaldi 7 June 1932 25 November 1933 Independent 1
(1932)
1st convocation
(1932–1933)

President of the Chamber of Deputies (1932–1946)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term Convocation
1 Thumb Subhi Barakat
(1889–1939)
January 1932 1932 Independent 1
(1932)
2nd convocation
(1932–1936)
2 Thumb Fares al-Khoury
(1877–1962)
21 November 1936 8 July 1939 National Bloc 1
(1936)
3rd convocation
(1936–1943)
Vacant (1939–1943)
2 Thumb Fares al-Khoury
(1877–1962)
17 August 1943 17 October 1944 National Bloc 2
(1943)
4th convocation
(1943–1947)
3 Thumb Saadallah al-Jabiri
(1893–1947)
17 October 1944 15 September 1945 National Bloc 1
(1943)
4th convocation
(1943–1947)
2 Thumb Fares al-Khoury
(1877–1962)
16 September 1945 22 October 1946 National Bloc 1
(1943)
4th convocation
(1943–1947)

Syrian Republic (1946–1958)

Speaker of the House of Representatives (1947–1949)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term Convocation
2 Thumb 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)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term Convocation
4 Thumb Rushdi al-Kikhya
(1899–1987)
12 December 1949 22 June 1951 People's Party 1
(1949)
6th convocation
(1949–1953)
5 Thumb Maarouf al-Dawalibi
(1909–2004)
23 June 1951 30 September 1951 People's Party 1
(1949)
6th convocation
(1949–1953)
6 Thumb Nazim al-Qudsi
(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)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term Convocation
7 Thumb 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)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term Convocation
6 Thumb Nazim al-Qudsi
(1906–1998)
14 October 1954 1 October 1957 People's Party 1
(1954)
8th convocation
(1954–1958)
8 Thumb 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)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term Convocation
1 Thumb 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)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term Convocation
1 Thumb Anwar Sadat
(1918–1981)
21 July 1960 17 September 1961 National Union 1
(1960)
1st convocation
(1960–1961)

Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)

President of the Chamber of Deputies (1961–1963)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term Convocation
7 Thumb Maamun al-Kuzbari
(1914–1998)
12 December 1961 12 September 1962 Independent 1
(1961)
9th convocation
(1961–1963)
9 Thumb Said al-Ghazzi
(1893–1967)
17 September 1962 8 March 1963 Independent 1
(1961)
9th convocation
(1961–1963)

Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council (1965–1966)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term Convocation
1 Thumb 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)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term Convocation
1 Thumb Ahmad al-Khatib
(1933–1982)
22 February 1971 26 December 1971 Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
1
(None)
1st convocation
(1971–1973)
2 Thumb Fahmi al-Yusufi
(?–2006)
27 December 1971 21 February 1973 Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
1
(None)
1st convocation
(1971–1973)
3 Thumb 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 Thumb Mahmoud Hadid 30 March 1978 17 August 1981 Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
1
(1977)
3rd convocation
(1977–1981)
5 Thumb Mahmoud Al-Zoubi
(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 Thumb 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 Thumb Muhammad Naji al-Otari
(born 1944)
9 March 2003 18 September 2003 Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
1
(2003)
9th convocation
(2003–2007)
8 Thumb Mahmoud al-Abrash
(born 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 Thumb Mohammad Jihad al-Laham
(born 1954)
24 May 2012 6 June 2016 Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
1
(2012)
11th convocation
(2012–2016)
10 Thumb Hadiya Khalaf Abbas
(1958–2021)
6 June 2016 20 July 2017 Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
1
(2016)
12th convocation
(2016–2020)
11 Thumb Hammouda Sabbagh
(1959–)
28 September 2017 2020 Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)
1
(2016)
12th convocation
(2016–2020)
2020 Incumbent 2
(2020)
13th convocation
(2020–present)
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