Hammouda Youssef Sabbagh ( ar, حمودة يوسف الصباغ , born 10 February 1959) is a Syrian politician who has been the

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of the

People's Council of Syria The People's Assembly ( ar, مَجْلِس الشَّعْب, ) is Syria's legislative authority. It has 250 members elected for a four-year term in 15 multi-seat constituencies. There are two main political fronts; the National Progressive Fron ...

since September 2017. He is the first

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to have held the post, and overall the second Christian to hold that post since

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 ...

.Un chrétien élu à la tête du Parlement syrien
He was elected speaker of parliament with 193 votes out of 252. In January 2019, Sabbagh considered the campaigns on social media criticizing the regime and its government to be controlled by anonymous third parties.

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Members of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region Living people Speakers of the People's Assembly of Syria 1959 births Syrian Christians Syriac Orthodox Christians {{Syria-stub

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