Hammouda Sabbagh

Hammouda Sabbagh
حمودة الصباغ
Speaker of the People's Council
Assumed office
28 September 2017
President Bashar al-Assad
Preceded by Hadiya Khalaf Abbas
Personal details
Born (1959-02-10) February 10, 1959
Al-Hasakah, Syria
Political party Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

Hammouda Youssef Sabbagh (Arabic: حمودة يوسف الصباغ‎, born 1959 in Al-Hasakah)[1] is a Syrian politician who has been the Speaker of the People's Council of Syria since September 2017.[2] He is the first Syriac Orthodox 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 on 252.[5]

See Also

References

  1. ↑ عضو مجلس الشعب: حمودة صباغ بن يوسف (in Arabic)
  2. ↑ Election de Hammouda Sabbagh comme président de l’Assemblée du people (in French)
  3. ↑ Official Reception in Honor of His Excellency Speaker of the Syrian Parliament Mr. Hammouda Sabbagh
  4. ↑ انتخاب مسيحي أرثوذكسي رئيسًا لمجلس الشعب السوري (in Arabic)
  5. 1 2 Un chrétien élu à la tête du Parlement syrien (in French)
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