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]

He was the last Speaker under the Ba'athist regime, before the parliament was suspended after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad.

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. ^ a b Un chrétien élu à la tête du Parlement syrien (in French)


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammouda_Sabbagh
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