{{Short description|Syrian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Hammouda Sabbagh | image = Hammouda Sabbagh04).jpg | caption = Sabbagh in 2017 | president = [[Bashar al-Assad]]<br />''Vacant'' | office = [[Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria]] | term_start = 28 September 2017 | term_end = 12 December 2024 | predecessor = [[Hadiya Khalaf Abbas]] | successor = Vacant | office1 = Member of the [[Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Central Command]] of the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Syrian Regional Branch of the Baath Party]] | term_start1 = 22 April 2017 | term_end1 = 8 December 2024 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|2|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Al-Hasakah]], [[Second Syrian Republic|Syria]], [[United Arab Republic]] | party = [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Ba'ath Party]] (until December 2024) | native_name = {{Nobold|حمودة الصباغ}} | native_name_lang = ar }} '''Hammouda Youssef Sabbagh''' ({{Langx|ar|حمودة يوسف الصباغ}}, {{ALA-LC|ar|Ḥammūdah Yūsuf al-Ṣabbāgh}}, born 10 February 1959)<ref>[http://www.parliament.gov.sy/arabic/index.php?node=211&nid=1253&RID=26&Last=1&First=0&CurrentPage=0&FName=%CD%E3%E6%CF%C9&LName=&City=-1&Cat=-1&Mem=-1&Com=-1&Aso=-1&or=& عضو مجلس الشعب: حمودة صباغ بن يوسف] {{in lang|ar}}</ref> is a Syrian politician who served as [[List of speakers of the parliament of Syria|Speaker]] of the [[People's Council of Syria]] from 28 September 2017 until 12 December 2024.<ref>[http://sana.sy/fr/?p=99094 Election de Hammouda Sabbagh comme président de l’Assemblée du people] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> He was the first [[Assyrian Christian]]<ref>[http://syriacpatriarchate.org/2018/01/official-reception-in-honor-of-his-excellency-speaker-of-the-syrian-parliament-mr-hammouda-sabbagh Official Reception in Honor of His Excellency Speaker of the Syrian Parliament Mr. Hammouda Sabbagh]</ref> to have held the post,<ref>[http://www.wataninet.com/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A-2/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8B%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84/ انتخاب مسيحي أرثوذكسي رئيسًا لمجلس الشعب السوري] {{in lang|ar}}</ref> and overall the second Christian to hold that post since [[Fares al-Khoury]].<ref name=lefigaro>[http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2017/09/28/97001-20170928FILWWW00222-un-chretien-elu-a-la-tete-du-parlement-syrien.php Un chrétien élu à la tête du Parlement syrien] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> He was elected speaker of parliament with 193 votes out of 252.<ref name=lefigaro/>
He was the last Speaker under the [[Ba'athist Syria|Ba'athist regime]], before the parliament was suspended after the [[fall of the Assad regime|overthrow of Bashar al-Assad]].
==See also== * [[Christianity in Syria]]
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Speakers of the Parliament of Syria}}
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