Bassam al-Sabbagh explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Bassam al-Sabbagh
Native Name Lang:ar
Office:Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
Term Start:23 September 2024
President:Bashar al-Assad
Primeminister:Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali
Predecessor:Faisal Mekdad
Office1:Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Term Start1:17 October 2023
Term End1:23 September 2024
President1:Bashar al-Assad
Primeminister1:Hussein Arnous
Predecessor1:Bashar Jaafari
Successor1:Ayman Raad
Order2:15th
Office2:Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations
President2:Bashar al-Assad
Term Start2:22 November 2020
Term End2:17 October 2023
Predecessor2:Bashar Jaafari
Successor2:Qusay al-Dahhak[1]
Office3:Permanent Representative of Syria to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Term Start3:31 October 2013
Term End3:22 November 2020
President3:Bashar al-Assad
Predecessor3:Office established
Successor3:Milad Attiya[2]
Office4:Ambassador to Austria
Term Start4:2010
Term End4:22 November 2020
President4:Bashar al-Assad
Successor4:Hassan Khaddour
Office5:Member of the Central Committee of the Ba'ath Party
Term Start5:4 May 2024
Birth Date:1 January 1969
Birth Place:Aleppo, Syria
Party:Ba'ath Party
Alma Mater:Aleppo University
Damascus Higher Institute for Political Science
Profession:Diplomat

Bassam al-Sabbagh (ar|بسام الصباغ; born 1 January 1969) is a Syrian diplomat and politician who has been Foreign and Expatriates Minister of Syria since 2024. He also served as Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations in New York City from 2020 to 2023.

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.[3]

Biography

He 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.[4]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Al-Dhahhak sworn in as Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN. 20 December 2023. 20 December 2023. Syrian Arab News Agency.
  2. Web site: 19 October 2021. New Ambassador of Syria to the OPCW. 19 October 2021. SANA.
  3. Web site: 22 November 2020. Presidential decrees naming Dr. Mikdad as Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Dr. al-Jaafari as Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201123085342/https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=210891|. 23 November 2020. 24 July 2021. SANA.
  4. Web site: New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases. www.un.org.
  5. Web site: Syria has a new foreign minister as prime minister names his Cabinet . Associated Press . 23 September 2024.
  6. Web site: New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials. 3 March 2010. ООН. https://web.archive.org/web/20201126103151/http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/pressrels/2010/unisbio911.html. 24 July 2021. 26 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Syria Embassy in Vienna | Embassies in Vienna. www.123embassy.com.
  8. Web site: Member State - Syria . OPCW . 29 July 2021.