| Post: | Speaker |
| Body: | the People's Assembly of Syria |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of Syria.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Syria |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Incumbent: | Hammouda Sabbagh |
| Department: | People's Assembly of Syria |
| Style: | His or Her Excellency |
| Incumbentsince: | 28 September 2017 |
| Residence: | Damascus |
| Termlength: | 4 years |
| Formation: | Constitution of Syria 22 February 1971 (modern incarnation) |
| Appointer: | People's Assembly |
| Appointerpost: | Speaker |
| Inaugural: | Ahmad al-Khatib (modern incarnation) |
The Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria (Arabic: رئيس مجلس الشعب السوري|translit=Raʼīs Majlis ash-Shaʻb as-Sūrī) represents the People's Assembly, Syria's legislature,[1] signs documents and speaks on its behalf.[2] Throughout its history, the Speaker has been responsible for representing the Assembly. As of 2017, 30 different people have served as speakers.
A People's Assembly is elected every fourth calendar year.[3] The first meeting of a newly elected People's Assembly is responsible for electing its Speaker.[4]
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.[5] The guards of the People's Assembly are under the authority of the Speaker.[2]
60 days before the term of the President expires, the Speaker calls for new elections.[6] All presidential candidates have to be approved personally by the Speaker.[6] If only one candidate is acceptable, the Speaker is supposed to postpone the elections.[6] The election result is to be announced when the results have been counted.[7]
Syria under the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (1917–1920)President of the Syrian National Congress (1919–1920) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Term | Convocation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hashim al-Atassi | 11 December 1919 | 17 July 1920 | National Bloc | 1 | 1st convocation | ||||
| 2 | Rashid Rida [8] [9] | 1920 | 1920 | Independent | 1 | 2nd convocation | ||||
State of Syria, part of the French Mandate (1922–1930)Speaker of the Constituent Council (1923–1925) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Term | Convocation | ||||
| 1 | Badih Muayyad al-Azm | 12 November 1923 | 14 July 1925 | Independent | 1 | 1st convocation | ||||
Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (1924–1930) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Term | Convocation | ||||
| 1 | Hashim al-Atassi | 11 August 1928 | 6 September 1928 | National Bloc | 1 | 1st convocation | ||||
Syrian Republic (1930–1946)Chairman of the Council of Representatives (1932–1933) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Term | Convocation | ||||
| 1 | Barakat al-Khaldi | 7 June 1932 | 25 November 1933 | Independent | 1 | 1st convocation | ||||
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1932–1946) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Term | Convocation | ||||
| 1 | Subhi Barakat | January 1932 | 1932 | Independent | 1 | 2nd convocation | ||||
| 2 | Fares al-Khoury | 21 November 1936 | 8 July 1939 | National Bloc | 1 | 3rd convocation | ||||
| Vacant (1939–1943) | ||||||||||
| 2 | Fares al-Khoury | 17 August 1943 | 17 October 1944 | National Bloc | 2 | 4th convocation | ||||
| 3 | Saadallah al-Jabiri | 17 October 1944 | 15 September 1945 | National Bloc | 1 | 4th convocation | ||||
| 2 | Fares al-Khoury | 16 September 1945 | 22 October 1946 | National Bloc | 1 | 4th convocation | ||||
Syrian Republic (1946–1958)Speaker of the House of Representatives (1947–1949) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Term | Convocation | ||||
| 2 | Fares al-Khoury | 27 September 1947 | 31 March 1949 | National Bloc People's Party | 2 | 5th convocation | ||||
Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (1949–1951) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Term | Convocation | ||||
| 4 | Rushdi al-Kikhya | 12 December 1949 | 22 June 1951 | People's Party | 1 | 6th convocation | ||||
| 5 | Maarouf al-Dawalibi | 23 June 1951 | 30 September 1951 | People's Party | 1 | 6th convocation | ||||
| 6 | Nazim al-Qudsi | 1 October 1951 | 2 December 1951 | People's Party | 1 | 6th convocation | ||||
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1953–1954) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Term | Convocation | ||||
| 7 | Maamun al-Kuzbari | 24 October 1953 | 2 December 1954 | Independent | 1 | 7th convocation | ||||
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1954–1958) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Term | Convocation | ||||
| 6 | Nazim al-Qudsi | 14 October 1954 | 1 October 1957 | People's Party | 1 | 8th convocation | ||||
| 8 | Akram al-Hawrani | 14 October 1957 | 22 February 1958 | Ba'ath Party | 1 | 8th convocation | ||||
United Arab Republic (1958–1961)President of the Chamber of Deputies (1958–1960) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Term | Convocation | ||||
| 1 | Akram al-Hawrani | 22 February 1958 | 20 July 1960 | Ba'ath Party | 1 | 8th convocation | ||||
Chairman of the Council of Nation (1960–1961) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Term | Convocation | ||||
| 1 | Anwar Sadat | 21 July 1960 | 17 September 1961 | National Union | 1 | 1st convocation | ||||
Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)President of the Chamber of Deputies (1961–1963) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Term | Convocation | ||||
| 7 | Maamun al-Kuzbari | 12 December 1961 | 12 September 1962 | Independent | 1 | 9th convocation | ||||
| 9 | Said al-Ghazzi | 17 September 1962 | 8 March 1963 | Independent | 1 | 9th convocation | ||||
Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council (1965–1966) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Term | Convocation | ||||
| 1 | Mansur al-Atrash | 1 September 1965 | 24 February 1966 | Ba'ath Party | 1 | 1st convocation | ||||
Speaker of the People's Assembly (1971–present) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Term | Convocation | ||||
| 1 | Ahmad al-Khatib | 22 February 1971 | 26 December 1971 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | 1 | 1st convocation | ||||
| 2 | Fahmi al-Yusufi | 27 December 1971 | 21 February 1973 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | 1 | 1st convocation | ||||
| 3 | Muhammad Ali al-Halabi | 9 June 1973 | 8 June 1977 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | 1 | 2nd convocation | ||||
| 18 August 1977 | 27 March 1978 | 2 | 3rd convocation | |||||||
| 4 | Mahmoud Hadid | 30 March 1978 | 17 August 1981 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | 1 | 3rd convocation | ||||
| 5 | Mahmoud Al-Zoubi | 16 November 1981 | 15 November 1985 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | 1 | 4th convocation | ||||
| 27 February 1986 | 18 February 1988 | 2 | 5th convocation | |||||||
| 6 | Abd al-Qadir Qaddura | 19 February 1988 | 16 February 1990 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | 1 | 5th convocation | ||||
| 11 June 1990 | 10 June 1994 | 2 | 6th convocation | |||||||
| 10 September 1994 | 9 September 1998 | 3 | 7th convocation | |||||||
| 1999 | 2002 | 4 | 8th convocation | |||||||
| 7 | Muhammad Naji al-Otari | 9 March 2003 | 18 September 2003 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | 1 | 9th convocation | ||||
| 8 | Mahmoud al-Abrash | 7 October 2003 | 8 March 2007 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | 1 | 9th convocation | ||||
| 7 May 2007 | 7 May 2012 | 2 | 10th convocation | |||||||
| 9 | Mohammad Jihad al-Laham | 24 May 2012 | 6 June 2016 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | 1 | 11th convocation | ||||
| 10 | Hadiya Khalaf Abbas | 6 June 2016 | 20 July 2017 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | 1 | 12th convocation | ||||
| 11 | Hammouda Sabbagh | align=center | 28 September 2017 | align=center | 2020 | Syrian Ba'ath Party | 1 | 12th convocation | ||
| 2020 | Incumbent | 2 | 13th convocation | |||||||