Mohammad Jihad al-Laham | |
Office: | Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria |
Term Start: | 24 May 2012 |
Term End: | 6 June 2016 |
Predecessor: | Mahmoud al-Abrash |
Successor: | Hadiya Khalaf Abbas |
Office1: | President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Syria |
Term Start1: | 8 May 2018 |
Office2: | Member of the Central Command of the Ba'ath Party |
Term Start2: | 8 July 2013 |
Term End2: | 6 June 2016 |
Birth Date: | 13 January 1954 |
Birth Place: | Damascus, Syria |
Party: | Ba'ath Party |
Mohammad Jihad al-Laham (Arabic: محمد جهاد اللحام, born 13 January 1954) is a Syrian politician who was Speaker of the People's Council of Syria from 2012 to 2016. A prominent criminal lawyer, al-Laham heads the Damascus office of the Syrian Lawyers Syndicate.[1]
On 7 May 2012, al-Laham was elected as a representative of Damascus.[2] On 24 May 2012, al-Laham was elected as Speaker of Parliament.[3] He received 225 votes out of 250.[4] His selection was one of the first acts of the new Parliament of Syria.[5] He is a member of the Ba'ath Party of Syria.[6] Upon his election as Speaker, al-Laham stated that "Syria is passing through a stage that requires every individual to exert his efforts" and that "the Assembly should be a mirror that reflects the reality of all Syrians and meet their aspirations."[7]