Mohammad Jihad al-Laham

Mohammad Jihad al-Laham is a Syrian politician who has been the Speaker of the People's Council of Syria since 2012. 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 May 24, 2012, al-Laham was elected as Speaker of Parliament.^[3] He received a 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 Baath 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]

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v t e Speakers of the Parliament of Syria since 1919 al-Atassi* Muayyad al-Atassi al-Khoury al-Jabiri al-Khoury Kikhia al-Dawalibi al-Kudsi al-Kuzbari al-Kudsi al-Hawrani Sadat† al-Kuzbari Ghazzi al-Atrash al-Khatib al-Yusufi al-Halabi Hadid Zuabi Kaddoura al-Otari al-Abrash al-Laham *president of the Syrian National Congress †within the UAR