Bassam al-Sabbagh
Bassam al-Sabbagh | |
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بسام الصباغ | |
al-Sabbagh in 2018 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates | |
| In office 23 September 2024 – 8 December 2024 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali |
| Preceded by | Faisal Mekdad |
| Succeeded by | Asaad al-Shaibani |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| In office 4 May 2024 – 8 December 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) is a Syrian diplomat and politician who served as the Foreign and Expatriates Minister of Syria from 22 September 2024 to 8 December 2024. He is the last person to serve in this position under president Bashar al-Assad and of the Syrian Arab Republic. He also served as Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations in New York City between 2020 and 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.