Bassam al-Sabbagh explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Bassam al-Sabbagh
Native Name Lang:ar
Office:Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Term Start:17 October 2023
President:Bashar al-Assad
Primeminister:Hussein Arnous
Predecessor:Bashar Jaafari
Order1:15th
Office1:Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations
President1:Bashar al-Assad
Term Start1:22 November 2020
Term End1:17 October 2023
Predecessor1:Bashar Jaafari
Successor1:Qusay al-Dahhak[1]
Office2:Permanent Representative of Syria to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Term Start2:31 October 2013
Term End2:22 November 2020
President2:Bashar al-Assad
Predecessor2:Office established
Successor2:Milad Attiya[2]
Office3:Ambassador to Austria
Term Start3:2010
Term End3:22 November 2020
President3:Bashar al-Assad
Successor3:Hassan Khaddour
Office4:Member of the Central Committee of the Ba'ath Party
Term Start4:4 May 2024
Birth Date:1 January 1969
Birth Place:Aleppo, Syria
Party:Ba'ath Party
Alma Mater:Aleppo University
Damascus Higher Institute for Political Science
Profession:Diplomat

Bassam al-Sabbagh (Arabic: بسام الصباغ) (born January 1, 1969) is a Syrian diplomat, former Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York City, as well as former Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Vienna the United Nations Office at Vienna, its former permanent representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and its former permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency.[3]

Life and education

He was born on 1 January 1969 in Aleppo, Syria. In 1993, graduated from the University of Aleppo as a specialist in international relations, and has a bachelor's degree in political science from the Higher Institute of Political Science in Damascus.[4]

He addressed the General debate of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2023.

Career

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Al-Dhahhak sworn in as Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN. 20 December 2023. 20 December 2023. Syrian Arab News Agency.
  2. Web site: 2021-10-19. New Ambassador of Syria to the OPCW. 2021-10-19. SANA.
  3. Web site: 2020-11-22. Presidential decrees naming Dr. Mikdad as Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Dr. al-Jaafari as Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201123085342/https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=210891|. 2020-11-23. 2021-07-24. SANA.
  4. Web site: New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases. www.un.org.
  5. Web site: New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials. 2010-03-03. ООН. https://web.archive.org/web/20201126103151/http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/pressrels/2010/unisbio911.html. 2021-07-24. 2020-11-26.
  6. Web site: Syria Embassy in Vienna | Embassies in Vienna. www.123embassy.com.
  7. Web site: Member State - Syria . OPCW . 2021-07-29.