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| successor = [[Hadiya Khalaf Abbas]]
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|office1 = Member of the [[Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Regional Command]] of the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Syrian Regional Branch]]
| office1 = President of the [[Supreme Constitutional Court of Syria]]
| term_start = 8 May 2018
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|office2 = Member of the [[Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Regional Command]] of the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Syrian Regional Branch]]
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| birth_place = [[Damascus]], [[Syria]]
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Mohammad Jihad al-Laham
Speaker of the People's Council
Assumed office
8 May 2018
Preceded byMahmoud al-Abrash
President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Syria
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
Assumed office
8 July 2013
Personal details
Born (1954-01-13) January 13, 1954 (age 70)
Damascus, Syria
Political partyArab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region

Mohammad Jihad al-Laham (Template:Lang-ar, born 13 January 1954) is a Syrian politician who has been the Speaker of the People's Council of Syria from 2012 to 2016. A prominent criminal lawyer, al-Laham heads the Damascus office of the Syrian Lawyers' Syndicate.[1]

On 7 May 2012, al-Laham was elected as a representative of Damascus.[2] On 24 May 2012, al-Laham was elected as Speaker of Parliament.[3] He received 225 votes out of 250.[4] His selection was one of the first acts of the new Parliament of Syria.[5] He is a member of the Ba'ath Party of Syria.[6] Upon his election as Speaker, al-Laham stated that "Syria is passing through a stage that requires every individual to exert his efforts" and that "the Assembly should be a mirror that reflects the reality of all Syrians and meet their aspirations."[7]

References

  1. ^ Newly-elected Syria parliament holds first session Archived 2012-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ New Syrian National Assembly´s President Elected
  3. ^ 1st Meeting of People's Assembly, Mohammad Jihad al-Laham Elected as Speaker Archived 2013-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ The 1st meeting of Syria`s Parliament on Thursday
  5. ^ "Syrian parliament holds first session". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  6. ^ Newly-elected Syria parliament holds first session Archived 2012-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "1st Meeting of People's Assembly, Mohammad Jihad al-Laham Elected as Speaker". Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2012-05-26.