Hadiya Khalaf Abbas
Hadiya Abbas هدیة عباس | |
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Speaker of the People's Council | |
Assumed office 6 June 2016 | |
President | Bashar al-Assad |
Preceded by | Mohammad Jihad al-Laham |
Personal details | |
Born |
1958 (age 57–58)
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Political party | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region |
Religion | Islam |
Hadiya Khalaf Abbas (Arabic: هدیة خلف عباس, born 1958 in Deir ez-Zor Governorate) is a Syrian politician who has been the Speaker of the People's Council of Syria since June 2016. She is the only woman to have held the post.[1][2]
References
- ↑ "250 New Parliament Members Take Constitutional Oath". Syria Times. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ↑ "Syrian Parliament to Be Headed by Woman for First Time in History". Sputnik International.
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