Bassam al-Sabbagh

Syrian diplomat

بسام الصباغ‎

al-Sabbagh in 2018

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

Incumbent

Assumed office
17 October 2023PresidentBashar al-AssadPrime MinisterHussein ArnousPreceded byBashar Jaafari15th Permanent Representative of Syria to the United NationsIn office
22 November 2020 – 17 October 2023PresidentBashar al-AssadPreceded byBashar JaafariSucceeded byQusay al-Dahhak^[1]Permanent Representative of Syria to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical WeaponsIn office
31 October 2013 – 22 November 2020PresidentBashar al-AssadPreceded byOffice established Succeeded byMilad Attiya^[2]Ambassador to AustriaIn office
2010 – 22 November 2020PresidentBashar al-AssadSucceeded byHassan KhaddourMember of the Central Committee of the Ba'ath Party

Incumbent

Assumed office
4 May 2024 Personal detailsBorn (1969-01-01) January 1, 1969 (age 55)
Aleppo, SyriaPolitical partyBa'ath PartyAlma materAleppo University
Damascus Higher Institute for Political ScienceProfessionDiplomat

Bassam al-Sabbagh (Arabic: بسام الصباغ) (born January 1, 1969) is a Syrian diplomat, former Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York City, as well as 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.^[3]

Life and education

He was born on 1 January 1969 in Aleppo, Syria. In 1993, graduated from the University of Aleppo as a specialist in international relations, and has a bachelor's degree in political science from the Higher Institute of Political Science in Damascus.^[4]

He addressed the General debate of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2023.

Career

1994-1995 - Attaché in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria;
1995-2000 - Second, then First Secretary of the Syrian Embassy in Washington;
2000-2001 - Alternate Director in the Office of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs;
2001-2006 - Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Syria to the UN (New York);
2006-2010 - Head of Administration at the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
2010-2013 - Permanent Representative of Syria to the UN Office (Vienna).^[5]
2010-2020 - Ambassador to Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Italy.^[6]
2010-2020 - Resident Representative to the IAEA, UNIDO, UNODC (Vienna).^[4]
2013-2020 - Permanent Representative of Syria to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (The Hague).^[7]
2020-2023 - Head of the Syrian Mission at the UN Headquarters in New York.
2023-present - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates

References

^ "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. 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
^ "Presidential decrees naming Dr. Mikdad as Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Dr. al-Jaafari as Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister". SANA. 2020-11-22. Archived from the original on 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
^ ^a ^b "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.
^ "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". ООН. 2010-03-03. Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
^ "Syria Embassy in Vienna | Embassies in Vienna". www.123embassy.com.
^ "Member State - Syria". OPCW. Retrieved 2021-07-29.