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 |
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| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Deir ez-Zor Governorate، Syria |
| Political party | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region |
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]
On July 20, 2017, Syria's Parliament issued a resolution discharging Abbas from her post as Speaker, with a majority of member votes. Abbas was accused by some other parliamanatarins of “preventing some members from submitting their interposition and turning a blind eye to their willingness to discuss a number of articles according to the constitutional rules.” A behavior other parliamanatarians described as “irresponsible and illegal.”[3]
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.
- ^ http://sana.sy/en/?p=110480
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