Mahmoud al-Abrash or Mahmoud el-Abrache ( ar, محمود الأبرش) (born 1944) is a
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
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politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
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Career
He was originally an engineer in public works. He then left his job to engage in politics and became a member of the
Baath party. He chaired the parliamentary Committee on International Affairs of the Arab people.
On October 7, 2003 he became
Syrian speaker of parliament following the appointment of
Muhammad Naji al-Otari
Muhammad Naji al-Otari ( ar, محمد ناجي عطري also ''Etri'', ''Itri'' and ''Otri'') (born 1944) is a Syrian politician who was Prime Minister of Syria from 2003 to 2011.[Arab Parliament
The Arab Parliament is the legislative body of the Arab League. At the 19th Arab League Summit in Amman, the Arab states agreed to create an Arab Parliament, and came up with a resolution to give Amr Moussa the Secretary General of the Arab L ...]
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References
Speakers of the People's Assembly of Syria
1944 births
Living people
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region politicians
Politicians from Damascus
Syrian Sunni Muslims
Syrian engineers
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