Bassam al-Sabbagh (Arabic: بسام الصباغ; born 1 January 1969)[3] is a Syrian diplomat and politician who served as the Foreign and Expatriates Minister of Syria from 22 September 2024 to 8 December 2024. He is the last person to serve in this position under president Bashar al-Assad and of the Syrian Arab Republic. He also served as Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations in New York City between 2020 and 2023.
Bassam al-Sabbagh | |
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بسام الصباغ | |
 al-Sabbagh in 2018 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates | |
| In office 23 September 2024 – 8 December 2024 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali |
| Preceded by | Faisal Mekdad |
| Succeeded by | Asaad Hassan al-Sheybani |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 17 October 2023 – 23 September 2024 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Hussein Arnous |
| Preceded by | Bashar Jaafari |
| Succeeded by | Ayman Raad |
| 15th Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations | |
| In office 22 November 2020 – 17 October 2023 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Bashar Jaafari |
| Succeeded by | Qusay al-Dahhak[1] |
| Permanent Representative of Syria to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | |
| In office 31 October 2013 – 22 November 2020 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Milad Attiya[2] |
| Ambassador to Austria | |
| In office 2010 – 22 November 2020 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Succeeded by | Hassan Khaddour |
| Member of the Central Committee of the Ba'ath Party | |
| In office 4 May 2024 – 8 December 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1969 Aleppo, Syria |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Alma mater | Aleppo University Damascus Higher Institute for Political Science |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Sabbagh is former Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Vienna the United Nations Office at Vienna, its former permanent representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and its former permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency.[4]
Biography
editHe was born on 1 January 1969 in Aleppo, Syria. In 1993, graduated from the University of Aleppo as a specialist in international relations, and has a bachelor's degree in political science from the Higher Institute of Political Science in Damascus.[3]
He also served as Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2020 to 2023. He addressed the General debate of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2023. He was appointed as Foreign and Expatriates Minister on 23 September 2024.[5]
Career
edit- 1994-1995 - Attaché in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria;
- 1995-2000 - Second, then First Secretary of the Syrian Embassy in Washington;
- 2000-2001 - Alternate Director in the Office of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs;
- 2001-2006 - Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Syria to the UN (New York);
- 2006-2010 - Head of Administration at the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
- 2010-2013 - Permanent Representative of Syria to the UN Office (Vienna).[6]
- 2010-2020 - Ambassador to Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Italy.[7]
- 2010-2020 - Resident Representative to the IAEA, UNIDO, UNODC (Vienna).[3]
- 2013-2020 - Permanent Representative of Syria to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (The Hague).[8]
- 2020-2023 - Head of the Syrian Mission at the UN Headquarters in New York.
- 2023-2024 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
- 2024-2024 - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
References
edit- ^ "Al-Dhahhak sworn in as Syria's Permanent Representative to the UN". Syrian Arab News Agency. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "New Ambassador of Syria to the OPCW". SANA. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.
- ^ "Presidential decrees naming Dr. Mikdad as Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Dr. al-Jaafari as Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister". SANA. 22 November 2020. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Syria has a new foreign minister as prime minister names his Cabinet". Associated Press. 23 September 2024.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". ООН. 3 March 2010. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Syria Embassy in Vienna | Embassies in Vienna". www.123embassy.com.
- ^ "Member State - Syria". OPCW. Retrieved 29 July 2021.