Abd al-Qadir Qaddura

1935 (age 78)

First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Braika

Qaddura served as speaker of the People"s Council—the Syrian parliament—for much of the 1990s. He lost his post on the Ba"ath Party"s leading board, the Regional Command, in 2005, as President Bashar al-Assad retired several main names from the Hafiz era. During his prison term, he spent time at the infamous Tadmor prison with ranking pre-Ba"ath politicians like Rushdi al-Kikhia, of the Aleppo-based, People"s Party. He served in the state-run public sector, as Chief Executive Officer of Tameco, manufacturing medicine, and became Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs in 1980-1985. Twice he served as Acting Prime Minister but left his job to become Head of the Economic Bureau at the Regional Command of the Ba"ath Party in the 1980s. Qaddura became Speaker of the Syrian Parliament in 1987, and held this job non-stop, until he was replaced in 2003. Qaddura is the longest serving speaker in Syrian history, followed immediately by Faris al-Khoury, who stayed at the job for 9-years.

Abd al-Qadir Qaddura

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politician Acting Prime Minister

Background

Born in 1935 in the Circassian village of al-Braika, Qaddura was the son of Ibrahim al-Mughribi, chief of the Damascus Police during the era of President Mohammad Ali al-Abid(1932-1936).

Education

Qaddura studied briefly at the American University of Beirut, then went into the Chemistry Department at Damascus University.

Career

Qaddura served as speaker of the People"s Council—the Syrian parliament—for much of the 1990s. He lost his post on the Ba"ath Party"s leading board, the Regional Command, in 2005, as President Bashar al-Assad retired several main names from the Hafiz era. During his prison term, he spent time at the infamous Tadmor prison with ranking pre-Ba"ath politicians like Rushdi al-Kikhia, of the Aleppo-based, People"s Party.

He served in the state-run public sector, as Chief Executive Officer of Tameco, manufacturing medicine, and became Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs in 1980-1985.

Twice he served as Acting Prime Minister but left his job to become Head of the Economic Bureau at the Regional Command of the Ba"ath Party in the 1980s. Qaddura became Speaker of the Syrian Parliament in 1987, and held this job non-stop, until he was replaced in 2003.

Qaddura is the longest serving speaker in Syrian history, followed immediately by Faris al-Khoury, who stayed at the job for 9-years.

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Mughrabi, of Libyan origin, often advised his son not to work in politics, saying, "A stranger should behave..what do you think you are going to become, another Shukri al-Quwatli?"

During the 1950s, Qaddura rose to fame as a student activist in the Ba"ath Party, long before it came to power, and co-staged demonstrations to bring down the regime of President Adib al-Shishakli in 1954.

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He was formerly a leading member of the Syria-based wing of the Ba"ath Party, in the era of President Hafez al-Assad (in power 1970-2000). Qadddura become a ranking member of the Syrian government after Hafiz al-Assad came to power in 1970.

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