The People's Assembly ( ar, مَجْلِس الشَّعْب, ) is

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 ...

's legislative authority. It has 250 members elected for a four-year term in 15 multi-seat

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. There are two main political fronts; the National Progressive Front and

Popular Front for Change and Liberation The Popular Front for Change and Liberation ( ar, الجبهة الشعبية للتحرير والتغيير, ''al-Jabha aš-š‘abiyya li'l-taghayyir wa'l-taḥrīr'') is a coalition of Syrian political parties and is the leader of the official ...

. The

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, held on 7 May, resulted in a new parliament that, for the first time in four decades, is based on a

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. In 1938,

Fares Al-Khoury Faris al-Khoury ( ar, فارس الخوري, Fāris al-Khūrī) (November 20, 1877 – January 2, 1962) was a Syrian statesman, minister, prime minister, speaker of parliament, and father of modern Syrian politics. Faris Khoury went on to become p ...

became the first Christian to be elected Speaker. In 2016

Hadiya Khalaf Abbas Hadiya Khalaf Abbas ( ar, هدیة خلف عباس, 1958 – 13 November 2021) was a Syrian politician who served as the Speaker of the People's Council of Syria from June 2016 to July 2017. She is the only woman to have held the post. Biography ...

, Ph.D., representing

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since 2003, became the first woman elected to be the Speaker. In 2017, Hammouda Sabbagh became the first

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to have held the post. The assembly meets at least three times a year and in special occasions called by the council's president or the president of the country.

Latest elections

The last elections were held on the 19 July 2020. Several lists were allowed to run across the country but any real opposition is absent. Millions of Syrians living abroad, after fleeing a

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that has killed more than 380,000 people, are not eligible to vote. The National Progressive Front won 183 out of 250 seats, 167 of which were for the Baʻth Party, while 67 Independents held the rest of the seats. , - !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top, Parties !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right , Seats !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right , Seats Inside , - , align=left valign=top, National Progressive Front () , align=center rowspan=10, 183 , align=center, 183 , - , align=left, * Arab Socialist Baʻth Party () , align=center, 167 , - , align=left, *

Syrian Social Nationalist Party The Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) or is a Syrian nationalist party operating in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine. It advocates the establishment of a Greater Syrian nation state spanning the Fertile Crescent, including present ...

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Arab Socialist Union The Arab Socialist Union may refer to: *Arab Socialist Union (Egypt), active 1962–78 *Arab Socialist Union (Iraq), active 1964–68 *Libyan Arab Socialist Union, active 1971−77 *Arab Socialist Union Party (Syria), founded in 1973 * Democratic A ...

() , align=center, 3 , - , align=left, * Communist Party of Syria (, Wissal Farha Bakdash faction) , align=center, 2 , - , align=left, *

Socialist Unionists The Socialist Unionist Party ( ar, حزب الوحدويين الاشتراكيين ''Al-Wahdawiyyun Al-Ishtirakiyyun'') is a leftist Nasserist political party in Syria. The party was founded in 1962 through a split in the Ba'ath Party. It is part ...

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National Vow Movement The National Covenant Party ( ar, حركة العهد الوطني - ''Haraka al-'ahd al-waTani'') is a political party in Syria. It is part of the National Progressive Front of parties which support the orientation of the ruling Ba'ath Party. Th ...

() , align=center, 2 , - , align=left, * Arabic Democratic Union Party () , align=center, 1 , - , align=left, *

Democratic Socialist Unionist Party The Democratic Socialist Unionist Party ( ar, الحزب الوحدوي الاشتراكي الديمقراطي - ''al-Hizb al-waHdawi al-ishtiraki ad-dimuqraTi'') is a political party in Syria. It was formed as a breakaway from the Socialist Uni ...

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People's Will Party The People's Will Party ( ar, حزب الإرادة الشعبية, translit=Ḥizb al-ʾIrāda aš-Šaʿbiyya) is a political party in Syria. History In 2000, shortly after the convention of the 9th Congress of the Syrian Communist Party, 80% ...

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Election results

Names of legislature

The name of the legislature in Syria has changed, as follows, as has the composition and functions: * Under the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (1917–1920) ** Syrian National Congress (1919–1920) *

Arab Kingdom of Syria The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, No ...

(1920) ** Syrian National Congress (1920) * State of Syria, part of the French Mandate (1922–1930) ** Constituent Council (1923–1925) ** Constituent Assembly (1924–1930) * Syrian Republic (1930–58) ** Council of Representatives (1932–1933) ** Chamber of Deputies (1932–1946) ** House of Representatives (1947–1949) ** Constituent Assembly (1949–1951) ** Chamber of Deputies (1953–1958) * United Arab Republic (1958–1961) ** Chamber of Deputies (1958–1960) * Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present) ** Chamber of Deputies (1961–1963) **

National Revolutionary Council The National Council for the Revolutionary Command (NCRC) is the twenty-man council set up to rule Syria after the 1963 Syrian coup d'état The 1963 Syrian coup d'état, referred to by the Syrian government as the 8 March Revolution ( ar, ث� ...

(1965–1966) ** People's Assembly (1971–present)

References

External links

People's Assembly of Syria
''official government website'' * {{National unicameral legislatures

Government of Syria

Latest elections

Names of legislature

See also

References

External links