Speaker of the People's Council of Syria

Speaker of the People's Council of Syria

Incumbent
Mohammad Jihad al-Laham
since 24 May 2012
Appointer People's Council of Syria
Term length 4-years
Inaugural holder Ahmad al-Khatib
(modern incarnation)
Formation 22 February 1971
(modern incarnation)
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The Speaker of the People's Council of Syria represents the People's Council, Syria's legislature,[1] signs documents and speaks on its behalf.[2] Throughout its history, the Speaker has been responsible for representing the Council. As of 2013, 28 different people have served as speakers. Since 24 May 2012, Mohammad Jihad al-Laham has been Speaker.

A People's Council is elected every fourth calendar year.[3] The first meeting of a newly elected People's Council is responsible for electing it's Speaker.[4] The People's Council should meet at least three times a year, the Speaker has the power to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Council.[5] The guards of the People's Council are under the authority of the Speaker.[2] 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] but in practice this does not occur. Both President Hafez al-Assad and President Bashar al-Assad ran unopposed during their electoral campaigns. The election result is to be announced when the results have been counted.[7]

Keys

Meaning
— Acting speaker.
National Bloc
National Union
People's Party
Syrian Regional Branch (Ba'ath Party)
Syrian Regional Branch (Syrian Ba'ath Party)

Speakers

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left 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)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left 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)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left office Political party Term Convocation
1 Hashim al-Atassi
(1875–1960)		 11 August 1928 6 September 1928 National Bloc 1
(1928)		 1st convocation
(1928)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left office Political party Term Convocation
1
—
 Barakat al-Khaldi 7 June 1932 25 November 1933 Independent 1
(1932)		 1st convocation
(1932–1933)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left 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
(1893–1942)		 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)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left office Political party Term Convocation
2 Fares al-Khoury
(1877–1962)		 27 September 1947 31 March 1949 People's Party 2
(1947)		 5th convocation
(1947–1949)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left office Political party Term Convocation
4
—
 Rushdi al-Kikhya
(1900–?)		 12 December 1949 22 June 1951 Independent 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)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left office Political party Term Convocation
7 Maamun al-Kuzbari
(1914–1998)		 24 October 1953 2 December 1954 Independent 1
(1953)		 7th convocation
(1953–1954)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left 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)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left 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)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left office Political party Term Convocation
1 Anwar Sadat
(1918–1981)		 21 July 1960 17 September 1961 National Union 1
(1960)		 1st convocation
(1960–1961)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left 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)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left 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
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left 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
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–)		 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 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
(1940–)		 24 May 2012 April 2016 Syrian Ba'ath Party
(Syria Region)		 1
(2012)		 11th convocation
(2012–2016)
April 2016 Incumbent 2
(2016)		 12th convocation
(2016–present)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Article 55 of the 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic". Government of the Syrian Arab Republic. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 1 2 "Article 73 of the 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic". Government of the Syrian Arab Republic. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Article 56 of the 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic". Government of the Syrian Arab Republic. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Article 64 of the 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic". Government of the Syrian Arab Republic. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "Article 65 of the 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic". Government of the Syrian Arab Republic. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 1 2 3 "Article 85 of the 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic". Government of the Syrian Arab Republic. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "Article 86 of the 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic". Government of the Syrian Arab Republic. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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