Hadiya Khalaf Abbas

Hadiya Khalaf Abbas (Arabic: هدیة خلف عباس, born 1958 in Deir ez-Zor Governorate) is a Syrian politician who served as the Speaker of the People's Council of Syria from June 2016 to July 2017. She is the only woman to have held the post.[1]

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
Personal details
Born1958 (age 6263)
Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria
Political partyArab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region

On July 20, 2017, Syria's Parliament issued a resolution discharging Abbas from her post as Speaker, with a majority of member votes. Abbas was accused by some parliamentarians of “preventing some members from submitting their interposition and turning a blind eye to their willingness to discuss a number of articles according to the constitutional rules,” a behavior other parliamentarians described as “irresponsible and illegal.”[2]

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