Bashar Jaafari
Bashar Jaafari | |
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| بشار الجعفري | |
Bashar Jaafari in 2017 | |
| Ambassador of Syria to Russia | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Riad Haddad |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 22 November 2020 – 5 October 2022 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Hussein Arnous |
| Preceded by | Faisal Mekdad |
| Succeeded by | Bassam al-Sabbagh |
| 14th Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations | |
| In office 31 July 2006 – 22 November 2020 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Faisal Mekdad |
| Succeeded by | Bassam al-Sabbagh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 14, 1956 Damascus, Syria |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Damascus University of Sceaux University of Paris Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Bashar Jaafari, also Ja'afari, (Arabic: بشار الجعفري; born April 14, 1956) is a Syrian diplomat. During his tenure as the Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations (PermRep) from 2006 to 2020, Jaafari was notable for his strident defense of the Assad regime during the Syrian civil war, repeatedly denying allegations of human rights abuse and the regime's use of chemical weapons. As PermRep, Jaafari was the Assad regime's lead negotiator during the Syrian peace process with the Syrian opposition.
Jaafari was later Deputy Foreign Minister from 2020 to 2022, then Ambassador of Syria to Russia beginning in 2022.