Hammouda Sabbagh

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

• Christianity in Syria

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

Hammouda Sabbagh
حمودة الصباغ
Sabbagh in 2017
Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria
In office 28 September 2017 –12 December 2024

v t e Speakers of the Parliament of Syria since 1919
al-Atassi* Rida* Muayyad al-Atassi al-Khoury al-Jabiri al-Khoury Kikhya al-Dawalibi al-Kudsi al-Kuzbari al-Kudsi al-Hawrani Sadat† al-Kuzbari Ghazzi al-Atrash al-Khatib al-Yusufi al-Halabi Hadid Zuabi Kaddoura al-Otari al-Abrash al-Laham Abbas Sabbagh
*president of the Syrian National Congress †within the UAR