Hadiya Khalaf Abbas
Hadiya Abbas هدیة عباس | |
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| Speaker of the People's Council | |
| In office 6 June 2016 – 20 July 2017 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Jihad al-Laham |
| Succeeded by | Hammouda Sabbagh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 (age 66–67) Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria |
| Political party | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region |
Hadiya Khalaf Abbas (Template:Lang-ar, born 1958 in Deir ez-Zor Governorate) is a Syrian politician who served as the Speaker of the People's Council of Syria from June 2016 to July 2017. She is the only woman to have held the post.[1]
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 parliamentarians 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 parliamentarians described as “irresponsible and illegal.”[2]
References
- ^ "250 New Parliament Members Take Constitutional Oath". Syria Times. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "People's Assembly discharges Mrs. Hadyiah Abbas from her post as Speaker". 20 July 2017.
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