Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria

Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria
رئيس مجلس الشعب السوري‎
Incumbent
Vacant
Parliament of Syria
AppointerParliament of Syria
Inaugural holderAhmad al-Khatib
(modern incarnation)
FormationConstitution of Syria
22 February 1971
(modern incarnation)
Politics of Syria

Arab League Member State of the Arab League

Constitution
Human rights
Executive
Legislature
Judiciary
Subdivisions
Elections
Foreign relations

The Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria, (Arabic: رئيس مجلس الشعب السوري, romanized: Raʼīs Majlis ash-Shaʻb as-Sūrī), is the chair of Syria's legislature.[1] signed documents and spoke on its behalf.[2] Throughout its history, the Speaker had been responsible for representing the legislature. As of 2024, 30 people have served as speakers.

Election

The 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 were under the authority of the Speaker.[2]

Presidential elections

60 days before the term of the President expired, the Speaker can call for new elections.[6] All presidential candidates had to be approved personally by the Speaker.[6] If only one candidate was acceptable, the Speaker was supposed to postpone the elections.[6] The election result was to be announced when the results were counted.[7]

List of officeholders

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 Hashim al-Atassi
(1875–1960) 		11 December 1919 17 July 1920 National Bloc 1
(1919) 		1st convocation
(1919–1920)
2 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 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 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 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 Subhi Barakat
(1889–1939) 		January 1932 1932 Independent 1
(1932) 		2nd convocation
(1932–1936)
2 Fares al-Khoury
(1877–1962) 		21 November 1936 8 July 1939 National Bloc 1
(1936) 		3rd convocation
(1936–1943)
Vacant (1939–1943)
2 Fares al-Khoury
(1877–1962) 		17 August 1943 17 October 1944 National Bloc 2
(1943) 		4th convocation
(1943–1947)
3 Saadallah al-Jabiri
(1893–1947) 		17 October 1944 15 September 1945 National Bloc 1
(1943) 		4th convocation
(1943–1947)
2 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 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 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-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 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 Nazim al-Qudsi
(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)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of 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)

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

Syrian Arab Republic (1961–2024)

President of the Chamber of Deputies (1961–1963)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of 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)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of 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 (1971–2024)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of 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 Fahmi al-Yusufi
(?–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 Mahmoud Hadid 30 March 1978 17 August 1981 Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region) 		1
(1977) 		3rd convocation
(1977–1981)
5 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 Abdul 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
(born 1944) 		9 March 2003 18 September 2003 Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region) 		1
(2003) 		9th convocation
(2003–2007)
8 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 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 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 2024 2
(2020) 		13th convocation
(2020–2024)
2024 12 December 2024 3
(2024) 		14th convocation
(2024)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Article 55". 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
  2. ^ a b "Article 73". 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
  3. ^ "Article 56". 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
  4. ^ "Article 64". 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
  5. ^ "Article 65". 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
  6. ^ a b c "Article 85". 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
  7. ^ "Article 86". 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
  8. ^ Enayat, Hamid; ʻināyat, Ḥamīd (24 June 2005). Modern Islamic Political Thought. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781850434658.
  9. ^ Thompson, Elizabeth F. (1 January 2015). "Rashid Rida & the 1920 Syrian-Arab Constitution". Routledge Handbook of Middle East Mandates.