Naser al-Hariri

Naser al-Hariri (Arabic: نصر الحريري) is a former member of the People's Council of Syria from Daraa. Along with fellow parliamentarian Khalil al-Rifaei, also from Daraa, al-Hariri resigned from his seat in protest at the "continued killings of protesters during the 2011 protests in Syria".[2]

Naser al-Hariri
نصر الحريري
Naser al-Hariri in London in May 2018
al-Hariri in 2018
Secretary-General of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces
In office
4 July 2013[1] – 12 July 2021
PresidentAnas al-Abdah
Vice PresidentMouaffaq Nyrabia
Member of the People's Council of Syria
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterMuhammad Naji al-Otari
Personal details
Born (1977-08-23) 23 August 1977
Daraa, Syria
Nationality Syria
Political partyIndependent Revolutionary Movement

Political career

On 4 July 2013, Naser al-Hariri joined the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as a representative from the Hauran region of southern Syria.[1] By 2015, he became the Secretary-General in the coalition based in Istanbul, Turkey.[3]

In January 2017, he was one of the members of the Syrian opposition delegation that attended the peace talks in Astana.[4] In February 2017 he was appointed as the head of opposition delegation for the Geneva IV conference on Syria, scheduled to be held on 20 February.[5]

On 12 July 2020 he was elected as President of the National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces of Syria, replacing Anas al-Abdah.[6] He was succeeded by Salem al-Meslet on 15 July 2021.[7]

References
  1. "Nasser al-Hariri". National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces. 9 July 2013.
  2. "Syria protests: Security forces shoot at mourners". BBC. 23 April 2011.
  3. "Syria Peace Hopes Dim Further as Opposition Rejects Moscow Talks". The New York Times. 13 January 2015.
  4. "The Exclusive Interview About the Results of Astana Summit". National Council of Resistance of Iran. 27 January 2017.
  5. "Slow going for Turkish-backed forces in north Syria". AP. 11 February 2017. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  6. "انتخاب سالم المسلط رئيسا عاشرا للائتلاف السوري المعارض". aa.com.tr. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  7. "Salem al-Meslet, New Opposition President, Met With Optimism and Pessimism". The Syrian Observer. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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