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Hadiya Khalaf Abbas

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Hadiya Abbas
هدیة عباس
Speaker of the People's Council
In office
6 June 2016  20 July 2017
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Preceded byMohammad Jihad al-Laham
Succeeded byHammouda Sabbagh
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Baath 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
Cause of deathHeart attack
NationalitySyrian
Political partyArab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
Alma materUniversity of Aleppo[1]

Hadiya Khalaf Abbas (Arabic: هدیة خلف عباس, 1958 – 13 November 2021) was a Syrian politician. She was the Speaker of the People's Council of Syria from June 2016 to July 2017. She is the only woman elected to this position.[2]

References

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  1. "The death of the former Speaker of the Syrian People's Assembly, Hadiya Abbas, of a heart attack". Archived from the original on 2021-11-14. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  2. "250 New Parliament Members Take Constitutional Oath". Syria Times. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.