Mahmoud Ahmad Marei

Mahmoud Ahmad Marei (Arabic: محمود أحمد مرعي; born 1957) is a Syrian politician,[1] lawyer, current head of the Arab Organization for Human Rights,[2] and former secretary-general of the National Democratic Front, a small, opposition party.[3]

Mahmoud Ahmad Marei
محمود أحمد مرعي
Mahmoud Ahmad Marei
President of the Arab Organization for Human Rights
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born1957 (age 65–66)
Talfita, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria
Alma materDamascus University

Biography

Marei was born in Talfita, Rif Dimashq. He studied law at the Damascus University and graduated in 1993.[4]

He is former president of the Youth Office at the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change. He was a member of the internal opposition delegation to the Geneva peace talks on Syria (2017).[5]

Marei was a candidate in the 2021 Syrian presidential election. According to the Daily Telegraph, "Few consider former state minister Abdallah Salloum Abdallah and Mahmoud Merhi, a member of the so-called 'tolerated opposition', serious contenders."[6] The Democratic Arab Socialist Union rejected the legitimacy of the elections and distanced itself from Mahmoud Ahmad Marei, saying he had been expelled from the party in 2013.[7]

References
  1. "C.V of Mahmoud mere in Arabic".
  2. "Syria elections: Polls open as Western countries slam 'illegitimate' vote - 26.05.2021". DW.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  3. Chehayeb, Kareem (2021-05-26). "Syrians vote in election set to extend al-Assad's grip on power - Bashar al-Assad News". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  4. "محمود مرعي.. مرشح "مفاجئ" لرئاسة سوريا". al-ain.com. 26 May 2021.
  5. McKernan, Bethan (2021-05-23). "Civil war, ruin, raging poverty... but Assad is guaranteed to win Syria's fake election". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  6. Neilan, Catherine (2021-05-26). "Arab states accept sham Syria elections as Assad returns to fold". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  7. "يؤكد حزب الاتحاد على موقفه الثابت بعدم المشاركة بأي من العمليات الانتخابية والاستفتاءات في ظل نظام الأسد". Democratic Arab Socialist Union. 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
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