Riad Seif

Riad Seif
رياض سيف
President of the Syrian opposition
In office
6 May 2017 – 6 May 2018
Prime MinisterJawad Abu Hatab
Preceded byAnas al-Abdah
Succeeded byAbdurrahman Mustafa
Personal details
Born (1946-11-25) 25 November 1946 (age 77)
Damascus, Syria
Political partyIndependent

Riad Seif (Arabic: رياض سيف; born 25 November 1946)[1] is a Syrian political dissident and prominent businessman who founded and led the Forum for National Dialogue.[2] Seif was elected to the Parliament of Syria in 1994 as an independent and again in 1998. For several years he owned an Adidas franchise in Damascus.[3]

  1. ^ Theo Klems. "Menschenrechtspreis der Stadt Weimar: Preisträger 2003". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. ^ URGENT ACTION, Syria: Prisoner of conscience, Riad Seif Archived 4 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Wright, Dreams and Shadows, 2008, p. 218