The Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria (Arabic: رئيس مجلس الشعب السوري, romanized: Raʼīs Majlis ash-Shaʻb as-Sūrī) represents the People's Assembly, Syria's legislature,[1] signs documents and speaks on its behalf.[2] Throughout its history, the Speaker has been responsible for representing the Assembly. As of 2017, 30 different people have served as speakers.
A People's Assembly is elected every fourth calendar year.[3] The first meeting of a newly elected People's Assembly is responsible for electing its Speaker.[4]
The People's Assembly should meet at least three times a year, the Speaker has the power to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Assembly.[5] The guards of the People's Assembly are under the authority of the Speaker.[2]
60 days before the term of the President expires, the Speaker calls for new elections.[6] All presidential candidates have to be approved personally by the Speaker.[6] If only one candidate is acceptable, the Speaker is supposed to postpone the elections.[6] The election result is to be announced when the results have been counted.[7]