Hammouda Sabbagh

Hammouda Youssef Sabbagh (Arabic: حمودة يوسف الصباغ ALA-LC: Ḥammūdah Yūsuf al-Ṣabbāgh, born 10 February 1959)[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 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]

Hammouda Sabbagh
حمودة الصباغ
Sabbagh in 2017
Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria
Assumed office
28 September 2017
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Preceded byHadiya Khalaf Abbas
Member of the Central Command of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Baath Party
Assumed office
22 April 2017
Personal details
Born (1959-02-10) 10 February 1959
Al-Hasakah, Syria, United Arab Republic
Political partyBa'ath Party

In January 2019, Sabbagh considered the campaigns on social media criticizing the government to be controlled by anonymous third parties.[6]

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