# Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria

The Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria, (Arabic: رئيس مجلس الشعب السوري, romanized: Raʼīs Majlis ash-Shaʻb as-Sūrī), is the chair of Syria's legislature. signed documents and spoke on its behalf. Throughout its history, the Speaker had been responsible for representing the legislature. As of 2024, 30 people have served as speakers.

## Election

The People's Assembly is elected every fourth calendar year. The first meeting of a newly elected People's Assembly is responsible for electing its Speaker.

## Powers

The People's Assembly should meet at least three times a year, the Speaker has the power to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Assembly. The guards of the People's Assembly were under the authority of the Speaker.

### Presidential elections

60 days before the term of the President expired, the Speaker can call for new elections. All presidential candidates had to be approved personally by the Speaker. If only one candidate was acceptable, the Speaker was supposed to postpone the elections. The election result was to be announced when the results were counted.

## List of officeholders

Syria under the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (1917–1920)
President of the Syrian National Congress (1919–1920) :
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Term | Convocation |
| 1 | | Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960) | 11 December 1919 | 17 July 1920 | | National Bloc | 1 (1919) | 1st convocation (1919–1920) |
| 2 | | Rashid Rida (1865–1935) | 1920 | 1920 | | Independent | 1 (1920) | 2nd convocation (1919–1920) |
| State of Syria, part of the French Mandate (1922–1930) Speaker of the Constituent Council (1923–1925) |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Term | Convocation |
| 1 | | Badih Muayyad al-Azm (1870–1960) | 12 November 1923 | 14 July 1925 | | Independent | 1 (1923) | 1st convocation (1923–1928) |
| Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (1924–1930) |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Term | Convocation |
| 1 | | Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960) | 11 August 1928 | 6 September 1928 | | National Bloc | 1 (1928) | 1st convocation (1928) |
| Syrian Republic (1930–1946) Chairman of the Council of Representatives (1932–1933) |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Term | Convocation |
| 1 | | Barakat al-Khaldi | 7 June 1932 | 25 November 1933 | | Independent | 1 (1932) | 1st convocation (1932–1933) |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies (1932–1946) |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Term | Convocation |
| 1 | | Subhi Barakat (1889–1939) | January 1932 | 1932 | | Independent | 1 (1932) | 2nd convocation (1932–1936) |
| 2 | | Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962) | 21 November 1936 | 8 July 1939 | | National Bloc | 1 (1936) | 3rd convocation (1936–1943) |
| Vacant (1939–1943) |||||||||
| 2 | | Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962) | 17 August 1943 | 17 October 1944 | | National Bloc | 2 (1943) | 4th convocation (1943–1947) |
| 3 | | Saadallah al-Jabiri (1893–1947) | 17 October 1944 | 15 September 1945 | | National Bloc | 1 (1943) | 4th convocation (1943–1947) |
| 2 | | Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962) | 16 September 1945 | 22 October 1946 | | National Bloc | 1 (1943) | 4th convocation (1943–1947) |
| Syrian Republic (1946–1958) Speaker of the House of Representatives (1947–1949) |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Term | Convocation |
| 2 | | Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962) | 27 September 1947 | 31 March 1949 | | National Bloc | 2 (1947) | 5th convocation (1947–1949) |
| 2 | | Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962) | 27 September 1947 | 31 March 1949 | | People's Party | 2 (1947) | 5th convocation (1947–1949) |
| Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (1949–1951) |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Term | Convocation |
| 4 | | Rushdi al-Kikhya (1899–1987) | 12 December 1949 | 22 June 1951 | | People's Party | 1 (1949) | 6th convocation (1949–1953) |
| 5 | | Maarouf al-Dawalibi (1909–2004) | 23 June 1951 | 30 September 1951 | | People's Party | 1 (1949) | 6th convocation (1949–1953) |
| 6 | | Nazim al-Qudsi (1906–1998) | 1 October 1951 | 2 December 1951 | | People's Party | 1 (1949) | 6th convocation (1949–1953) |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies (1953–1954) |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Term | Convocation |
| 7 | | Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914–1998) | 24 October 1953 | 2 December 1954 | | Independent | 1 (1953) | 7th convocation (1953–1954) |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies (1954–1958) |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Term | Convocation |
| 6 | | Nazim al-Qudsi (1906–1998) | 14 October 1954 | 1 October 1957 | | People's Party | 1 (1954) | 8th convocation (1954–1958) |
| 8 | | Akram al-Hawrani (1912–1996) | 14 October 1957 | 22 February 1958 | | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 1 (1954) | 8th convocation (1954–1958) |
| United Arab Republic (1958–1961) President of the Chamber of Deputies (1958–1960) |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Term | Convocation |
| 1 | | Akram al-Hawrani (1912–1996) | 22 February 1958 | 20 July 1960 | | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 1 (1954) | 8th convocation (1954–1958) |
| Chairman of the Council of Nation (1960–1961) |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Term | Convocation |
| 1 | | Anwar Sadat (1918–1981) | 21 July 1960 | 17 September 1961 | | National Union | 1 (1960) | 1st convocation (1960–1961) |
| Syrian Arab Republic (1961–2024) President of the Chamber of Deputies (1961–1963) |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Term | Convocation |
| 7 | | Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914–1998) | 12 December 1961 | 12 September 1962 | | Independent | 1 (1961) | 9th convocation (1961–1963) |
| 9 | | Said al-Ghazzi (1893–1967) | 17 September 1962 | 7 March 1963 | | Independent | 1 (1961) | 9th convocation (1961–1963) |
| Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council (1965–1966) |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Term | Convocation |
| 1 | | Mansur al-Atrash (1926–2006) | 1 September 1965 | 24 February 1966 | | Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 1 (None) | 1st convocation (1965–1966) |
| Speaker of the People's Assembly (1971–2024) |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Term | Convocation |
| 1 | | Ahmad al-Khatib (1933–1982) | 22 February 1971 | 26 December 1971 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 1 (None) | 1st convocation (1971–1973) |
| 2 | | Fahmi al-Yusufi (?–2006) | 27 December 1971 | 21 February 1973 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 1 (None) | 1st convocation (1971–1973) |
| 3 | | Muhammad Ali al-Halabi (1937–2016) | 9 June 1973 | 8 June 1977 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 1 (1973) | 2nd convocation (1973–1977) |
| 3 | | Muhammad Ali al-Halabi (1937–2016) | 18 August 1977 | 27 March 1978 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 2 (1977) | 3rd convocation (1977–1981) |
| 4 | | Mahmoud Hadid | 30 March 1978 | 17 August 1981 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 1 (1977) | 3rd convocation (1977–1981) |
| 5 | | Mahmoud Al-Zoubi (1935–2000) | 16 November 1981 | 15 November 1985 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 1 (1981) | 4th convocation (1981–1985) |
| 5 | | Mahmoud Al-Zoubi (1935–2000) | 27 February 1986 | 18 February 1988 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 2 (1986) | 5th convocation (1986–1990) |
| 6 | | Abdul Qadir Qaddura (1935–2013) | 19 February 1988 | 16 February 1990 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 1 (1986) | 5th convocation (1986–1990) |
| 6 | | Abdul Qadir Qaddura (1935–2013) | 11 June 1990 | 10 June 1994 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 2 (1990) | 6th convocation (1990–1994) |
| 6 | | Abdul Qadir Qaddura (1935–2013) | 10 September 1994 | 9 September 1998 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 3 (1994) | 7th convocation (1994–1998) |
| 6 | | Abdul Qadir Qaddura (1935–2013) | 1999 | 2002 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 4 (1998) | 8th convocation (1998–2003) |
| 7 | | Muhammad Naji al-Otari (born 1944) | 9 March 2003 | 18 September 2003 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 1 (2003) | 9th convocation (2003–2007) |
| 8 | | Mahmoud al-Abrash (born 1944) | 7 October 2003 | 8 March 2007 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 1 (2003) | 9th convocation (2003–2007) |
| 8 | | Mahmoud al-Abrash (born 1944) | 7 May 2007 | 7 May 2012 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 2 (2007) | 10th convocation (2007–2012) |
| 9 | | Mohammad Jihad al-Laham (born 1954) | 24 May 2012 | 6 June 2016 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 1 (2012) | 11th convocation (2012–2016) |
| 10 | | Hadiya Khalaf Abbas (1958–2021) | 6 June 2016 | 20 July 2017 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 1 (2016) | 12th convocation (2016–2020) |
| 11 | | Hammouda Sabbagh (born 1959) | 28 September 2017 | 2020 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 1 (2016) | 12th convocation (2016–2020) |
| 11 | | Hammouda Sabbagh (born 1959) | 2020 | 2024 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 2 (2020) | 13th convocation (2020–2024) |
| 11 | | Hammouda Sabbagh (born 1959) | 2024 | 12 December 2024 | | Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region) | 3 (2024) | 14th convocation (2024) |