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

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]

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. 1 2 "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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