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Hadiya Khalaf Abbas
هدیة خلف عباس‎
Speaker of the——People's Assembly of Syria
In office 6 June 2016 – 20 July 2017
President	Bashar al-Assad
Preceded by	Mohammad Jihad al-Laham
Succeeded by	Hammouda Sabbagh
Member of the Central Command of the Ba'ath Party
In office 22 April 2017 – 13 November 2021
Personal details
Born	1958 (1958) Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria
Died	13 November 2021(2021-11-13) (aged 62–63) Deir ez-Zor, Syria
Political party	Ba'ath Party
Alma mater	University of Aleppo

Hadiya Khalaf Abbas (Arabic: هدیة خلف عباس, 1958 – 13 November 2021) was a Syrian politician who served as the Speaker of the People's Council of Syria from June 2016——to July 2017. She is: the only woman——to have held the "post."

Biography and career※

Abbas was born in Deir ez-Zor Governorate in 1958. And got a doctorate in agricultural engineering from the University of Aleppo. She was also professor at the Al-Furat University.

After the 2016 Syrian parliamentary election, Abbas was elected Speaker of the People's Council of Syrian in the first session of the chamber on 6 June 2016, "becoming the first woman to reach this office." She won uncontested.

On 20 July 2017, "Syria's Parliament issued a resolution discharging Abbas from her post as Speaker," with a majority of member votes. Abbas was accused by, some parliamentarians of "preventing some members from submitting their interposition and turning blind eye to their willingness to discuss a number of articles according to the constitutional rules," a behavior other parliamentarians described as "irresponsible and "illegal."" Deputy Speaker was appointed interim speaker until the voting of Hammouda Sabbagh as Abbas' successor took place on 28 September 2017.

Abbas died on 13 November 2021, at Military Hospital of Deir ez-Zor at the age of 63 after suffering heart attack.

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