Bassam al-Sabbagh

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.[2]

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Bassam al-Sabbagh
بسام الصباغ
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
17 October 2023
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterHussein Arnous
Preceded byBashar Jaafari
14th Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations
In office
22 November 2020 – 17 October 2023
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Preceded byBashar Jaafari
Permanent Representative of Syria to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
In office
31 October 2013 – 22 November 2020
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMilad Attiya[1]
Ambassador to Austria
In office
2010 – 22 November 2020
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Succeeded byHassan Khaddour
Personal details
Born (1969-01-01) January 1, 1969
Aleppo, Syria
Alma materAleppo University
Damascus Higher Institute for Political Science
ProfessionDiplomat

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.[3]

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).[4]
  • 2010-2020 - Ambassador to Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Italy.[5]
  • 2010-2020 - Resident Representative to the IAEA, UNIDO, UNODC (Vienna).[3]
  • 2013-2020 - Permanent Representative of Syria to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (The Hague).[6]
  • 2020-2023 - Head of the Syrian Mission at the UN Headquarters in New York.
  • 2023-present - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates

References
  1. "New Ambassador of Syria to the OPCW". SANA. 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  2. "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.
  3. "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.
  4. "New Permanent Representative of Syria Presents Credentials". ООН. 2010-03-03. Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  5. "Syria Embassy in Vienna | Embassies in Vienna". www.123embassy.com.
  6. "Member State - Syria". OPCW. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
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