Speaker of Parliament of Syria

Speaker of the Parliament of the Syrian Arab Republic
Coat of arms of Syria
Incumbent Mohammad Jihad al-Laham since 24 May 2012
Appointer	Parliament of Syria
Inaugural holder	Faris al-Khoury
Formation	17 April 1946

This is a list of Speakers of the Parliament of Syria since 1919.

President of the Syrian National Congress

• Hashim al-Atassi: 11 December 1919—17 July 1920

Speakers of the Parliament of Syria (Under the French mandate)

• Hashim al-Atassi: 11 August—6 September 1928
• Faris al-Khoury: 21 November 1936—8 July 1939

Speakers of the Parliament of Syria

• Faris al-Khoury: 17 August 1943—17 October 1944
• Saadallah al-Jabiri: 17 October 1944—15 September 1945
• Faris al-Khoury: 16 September 1945—22 October 1946
• Faris al-Khoury: 27 September 1947—31 March 1949
• Rushdie Kikhia: 12 December 1949—22 June 1951
• Maarouf al-Dawalibi: 23 June—30 September 1951
• Nazim al-Kudsi: 1 October—2 December 1951
• Maamun al-Kuzbari: 24 October 1953—16 February 1954
• Nazim al-Kudsi: 14 October 1954—1 October 1957
• Akram El-Hourani: 14 October 1957—20 July 1960
• Anwar Sadat (within the UAR): 21 July 1960—17 September 1961
• Maamun al-Kuzbari: 12 December 1961—12 September 1962
• Said Ghazzi: 17 September 1962—7 March 1963

Speakers of the Parliament of Syria (Under the Ba'ath Party rule)

#	Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Political Party
1	Mansur al-Atrash		September 1, 1965	February 12, 1966	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
2	Ahmad al-Khatib		February 22, 1971	December 26, 1971	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)
3	Fahmi al-Yusufi		December 27, 1971	February 21, 1973	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) (National Progressive Front)
4	Muhammad Ali al-Halabi		June 9, 1973	June 8, 1977	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) (National Progressive Front)
			August 18, 1977	March 27, 1978
5	Mahmoud Hadid		March 30, 1978	August 17, 1981	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) (National Progressive Front)
6	Mahmoud Zuabi		November 16, 1981	November 15, 1985	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) (National Progressive Front)
			February 27, 1986	February 18, 1988
7	Abd al-Qadir Qaddura		February 19, 1988	February 16, 1990	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) (National Progressive Front)
			June 11, 1990	June 10, 1994
			September 10, 1994	September 9, 1998
			1999	2002
8	Muhammad Naji al-Otari		March 9, 2003	September 18, 2003	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) (National Progressive Front)
9	Mahmoud al-Abrash		October 7, 2003	March 8, 2007	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) (National Progressive Front)
			May 7, 2007	2012
10	Mohammad Jihad al-Laham		May 24, 2012	Incumbent	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) (National Progressive Front)

See also

• People's Council of Syria
• List of Presidents of Syria
• List of Vice Presidents of Syria
• List of Prime Ministers of Syria
• List of foreign ministers of Syria