Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria

The Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria (رئيس مجلس الشعب السوري) represents the People's Assembly, Syria's legislature, signs documents and speaks on its behalf. Throughout its history, the Speaker has been responsible for representing the Assembly. As of 2017, 30 different people have served as speakers.

Election
A People's Assembly is elected every fourth calendar year. The first meeting of a newly elected People's Assembly is responsible for electing its Speaker.

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. The guards of the People's Assembly are under the authority of the Speaker.

Presidential elections
60 days before the term of the President expires, the Speaker calls for new elections. All presidential candidates have to be approved personally by the Speaker. If only one candidate is acceptable, the Speaker is supposed to postpone the elections. The election result is to be announced when the results have been counted.

List of officeholders
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President of the Syrian National Congress (1919–1920)
! No. ! Portrait ! Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Political party ! Term ! Convocation ! style="background-color:;" |
 * 1
 * Hashim Al Atassi.jpg
 * Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960)
 * 11 December 1919
 * 17 July 1920
 * National Bloc
 * National Bloc
 * 1 (1919)
 * 1st convocation (1919–1920)
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 * 2
 * Rashid Rida.jpg
 * Rashid Rida (1865–1935)
 * 1920
 * 1920
 * colspan="2" | Independent
 * 1 (1920)
 * 2nd convocation (1919–1920)
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 * 2nd convocation (1919–1920)
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Speaker of the Constituent Council (1923–1925)
! No. ! Portrait ! Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Political party ! Term ! Convocation
 * 1
 * No image.svg
 * Badih Muayyad al-Azm (1870–1960)
 * 12 November 1923
 * 14 July 1925
 * colspan="2" | Independent
 * 1 (1923)
 * 1st convocation (1923–1928)
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Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (1924–1930)
! No. ! Portrait ! Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Political party ! Term ! Convocation ! style="background-color:;" |
 * 1
 * Hashim Al Atassi.jpg
 * Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960)
 * 11 August 1928
 * 6 September 1928
 * National Bloc
 * National Bloc
 * 1 (1928)
 * 1st convocation (1928)
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Chairman of the Council of Representatives (1932–1933)
! No. ! Portrait ! Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Political party ! Term ! Convocation
 * 1
 * No image.svg
 * Barakat al-Khaldi
 * 7 June 1932
 * 25 November 1933
 * colspan="2" | Independent
 * 1 (1932)
 * 1st convocation (1932–1933)
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President of the Chamber of Deputies (1932–1946)
! No. ! Portrait ! Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Political party ! Term ! Convocation ! style="background-color:;" | ! colspan="9" | Vacant (1939–1943) ! style="background-color:;" | (1893–1947) ! style="background-color:;" | ! style="background-color:;" |
 * 1
 * Subhi barkat.jpg
 * Subhi Barakat (1889–1939)
 * January 1932
 * 1932
 * colspan="2" | Independent
 * 1 (1932)
 * 2nd convocation (1932–1936)
 * 2
 * Faris al-Khoury.jpg
 * Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962)
 * 21 November 1936
 * 8 July 1939
 * National Bloc
 * 8 July 1939
 * National Bloc
 * 1 (1936)
 * 3rd convocation (1936–1943)
 * 2
 * Faris al-Khoury.jpg
 * Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962)
 * 17 August 1943
 * 17 October 1944
 * National Bloc
 * National Bloc
 * 2 (1943)
 * 4th convocation (1943–1947)
 * 3
 * Saadallah al-Jabiri.jpg
 * Saadallah al-Jabiri
 * Saadallah al-Jabiri
 * 17 October 1944
 * 15 September 1945
 * National Bloc
 * 1 (1943)
 * 4th convocation (1943–1947)
 * 2
 * Faris al-Khoury.jpg
 * Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962)
 * 16 September 1945
 * 22 October 1946
 * National Bloc
 * National Bloc
 * 1 (1943)
 * 4th convocation (1943–1947)
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Speaker of the House of Representatives (1947–1949)
! No. ! Portrait ! Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Political party ! Term ! Convocation ! style="background-color:;" |
 * 2
 * Faris al-Khoury.jpg
 * Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962)
 * 27 September 1947
 * 31 March 1949
 * National Bloc People's Party
 * National Bloc People's Party
 * 2 (1947)
 * 5th convocation (1947–1949)
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Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (1949–1951)
! No. ! Portrait ! Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Political party ! Term ! Convocation ! style="background-color:;" | ! style="background-color:;" | ! style="background-color:;" |
 * 4
 * Rushdi Al-Kikhya.jpg
 * Rushdi al-Kikhya (1899–1987)
 * 12 December 1949
 * 22 June 1951
 * People's Party
 * People's Party
 * 1 (1949)
 * 6th convocation (1949–1953)
 * 5
 * No image.svg
 * Maarouf al-Dawalibi (1909–2004)
 * 23 June 1951
 * 30 September 1951
 * People's Party
 * People's Party
 * 1 (1949)
 * 6th convocation (1949–1953)
 * 6
 * Nazim al-Kudsi.jpg
 * Nazim al-Qudsi (1906–1998)
 * 1 October 1951
 * 2 December 1951
 * People's Party
 * People's Party
 * 1 (1949)
 * 6th convocation (1949–1953)
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President of the Chamber of Deputies (1953–1954)
! No. ! Portrait ! Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Political party ! Term ! Convocation
 * 7
 * Maamoun Kuzbari.jpg
 * Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914–1998)
 * 24 October 1953
 * 2 December 1954
 * colspan="2" | Independent
 * 1 (1953)
 * 7th convocation (1953–1954)
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President of the Chamber of Deputies (1954–1958)
! No. ! Portrait ! Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Political party ! Term ! Convocation ! style="background-color:;" | ! style="background-color:;" |
 * 6
 * Nazim al-Kudsi.jpg
 * Nazim al-Qudsi (1906–1998)
 * 14 October 1954
 * 1 October 1957
 * People's Party
 * People's Party
 * 1 (1954)
 * 8th convocation (1954–1958)
 * 8
 * Akram Hourani.jpg
 * Akram al-Hawrani (1912–1996)
 * 14 October 1957
 * 22 February 1958
 * Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * 1 (1954)
 * 8th convocation (1954–1958)
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President of the Chamber of Deputies (1958–1960)
! No. ! Portrait ! Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Political party ! Term ! Convocation ! style="background-color:;" |
 * 1
 * Akram Hourani.jpg
 * Akram al-Hawrani (1912–1996)
 * 22 February 1958
 * 20 July 1960
 * Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * 1 (1954)
 * 8th convocation (1954–1958)
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Chairman of the Council of Nation (1960–1961)
! No. ! Portrait ! Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Political party ! Term ! Convocation ! style="background-color:;" |
 * 1
 * Anwar Sadat cropped.jpg
 * Anwar Sadat (1918–1981)
 * 21 July 1960
 * 17 September 1961
 * National Union
 * National Union
 * 1 (1960)
 * 1st convocation (1960–1961)
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President of the Chamber of Deputies (1961–1963)
! No. ! Portrait ! Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Political party ! Term ! Convocation
 * 7
 * Maamoun Kuzbari.jpg
 * Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914–1998)
 * 12 December 1961
 * 12 September 1962
 * colspan="2" | Independent
 * 1 (1961)
 * 9th convocation (1961–1963)
 * 9
 * Said al-Ghazzi.jpg
 * Said al-Ghazzi (1893–1967)
 * 17 September 1962
 * 8 March 1963
 * colspan="2" | Independent
 * 1 (1961)
 * 9th convocation (1961–1963)
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 * 9th convocation (1961–1963)
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Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council (1965–1966)
! No. ! Portrait ! Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Political party ! Term ! Convocation ! style="background-color:;" |
 * 1
 * MansourAtrash.jpg
 * Mansur al-Atrash (1926–2006)
 * 1 September 1965
 * 24 February 1966
 * Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * 1 (None)
 * 1st convocation (1965–1966)
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Speaker of the People's Assembly (1971–present)
! No. ! Portrait ! Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Political party ! Term ! Convocation ! style="background-color:;" | ! style="background-color:;" | ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" | (Syria Region) ! style="background-color:;" | ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" | ! rowspan="4" style="background-color:;" | ! style="background-color:;" | ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" | ! style="background-color:;" | ! style="background-color:;" | ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
 * 1
 * [[File:Ahmad al-Khatib, the interim head of state who ruled Syria for four months from November 1970 to March 1971.png|80px]]
 * Ahmad al-Khatib (1933–1982)
 * 22 February 1971
 * 26 December 1971
 * Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * 1 (None)
 * 1st convocation (1971–1973)
 * 2
 * No image.svg
 * Fahmi al-Yusufi (?–2006)
 * 27 December 1971
 * 21 February 1973
 * Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * 1 (None)
 * 1st convocation (1971–1973)
 * rowspan="2" | 3
 * rowspan="2" | Mohammad Ali Halabi.png
 * rowspan="2" | Muhammad Ali al-Halabi (1937–2016)
 * 9 June 1973
 * 8 June 1977
 * rowspan="2" | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * rowspan="2" | 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
 * No image.svg
 * Mahmoud Hadid
 * 30 March 1978
 * 17 August 1981
 * Syrian Ba'ath Party
 * 17 August 1981
 * Syrian Ba'ath Party
 * 1 (1977)
 * 3rd convocation (1977–1981)
 * rowspan="2" | 5
 * rowspan="2" | No image.svg
 * rowspan="2" | Mahmoud Al-Zoubi (1935–2000)
 * 16 November 1981
 * 15 November 1985
 * rowspan="2" | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * rowspan="2" | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * 1 (1981)
 * 4th convocation (1981–1985)
 * 27 February 1986
 * 18 February 1988
 * 2 (1986)
 * 5th convocation (1986–1990)
 * rowspan="4" | 6
 * rowspan="4" | No image.svg
 * rowspan="4" | Abd al-Qadir Qaddura (1935–2013)
 * 19 February 1988
 * 16 February 1990
 * rowspan="4" | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * 16 February 1990
 * rowspan="4" | 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
 * Mohammad Naji Otri.jpg
 * Muhammad Naji al-Otari (born 1944)
 * 9 March 2003
 * 18 September 2003
 * Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * Muhammad Naji al-Otari (born 1944)
 * 9 March 2003
 * 18 September 2003
 * Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * 1 (2003)
 * 9th convocation (2003–2007)
 * rowspan="2" | 8
 * rowspan="2" | Mahmoud al-Abrash.jpg
 * rowspan="2" | Mahmoud al-Abrash (born 1944)
 * 7 October 2003
 * 8 March 2007
 * rowspan="2" | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * rowspan="2" | 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.jpg
 * Mohammad Jihad al-Laham (born 1954)
 * 24 May 2012
 * 6 June 2016
 * Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * 6 June 2016
 * Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * 1 (2012)
 * 11th convocation (2012–2016)
 * 10
 * Hadiya Khalaf Abbas.jpg
 * Hadiya Khalaf Abbas (1958–2021)
 * 6 June 2016
 * 20 July 2017
 * Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * 1 (2016)
 * 12th convocation (2016–2020)
 * rowspan="2" | 11
 * rowspan="2" | Hammouda Sabbagh04).jpg
 * rowspan="2" | Hammouda Sabbagh (1959–)
 * align=center | 28 September 2017
 * align=center | 2020
 * rowspan="2" | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * rowspan="2" | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
 * 1 (2016)
 * 12th convocation (2016–2020)
 * 2020
 * Incumbent
 * 2 (2020)
 * 13th convocation (2020–present)
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