Hadiya Khalaf Abbas

Hadiya Khalaf Abbas
هدیة خلف عباس
Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria
In office
6 June 2016 – 20 July 2017
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Preceded byMohammad Jihad al-Laham
Succeeded byHammouda Sabbagh
Member of the Central Command of the Ba'ath Party
In office
22 April 2017 – 13 November 2021
Personal details
Born1958 (1958)
Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria
Died13 November 2021(2021-11-13) (aged 62–63)
Deir ez-Zor, Syria
Political partyBa'ath Party
Alma materUniversity of Aleppo[1]

Hadiya Khalaf Abbas (Arabic: هدیة خلف عباس, 1958 – 13 November 2021) was 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.[2]

  1. ^ "The death of the former Speaker of the Syrian People's Assembly, Hadiya Abbas, of a heart attack". Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ "250 New Parliament Members Take Constitutional Oath". Syria Times. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

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