Bassam al-Sabbagh | |
|---|---|
بسام الصباغ | |
 al-Sabbagh in 2018 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates | |
| Assumed office 23 September 2024 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali |
| Preceded by | Faisal Mekdad |
| 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 | |
| Assumed office 4 May 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 |
Bassam al-Sabbagh (Arabic: بسام الصباغ; born 1 January 1969)[3] 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.[4]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
UN 2021was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "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.