List of members of the Syrian National Congress

Syrian National Congress
Constituent Assembly
Overview
Legislative bodySyrian National Congress
JurisdictionArab Kingdom of Syria
Meeting placeThe Arab Club building, Damascus
TermJune 3, 1919 (1919-06-03) – July 25, 1929 (1929-07-25)
Election1919 Syrian National Congress election
Governmental-Rikabi II (until May 3, 1920 (1920-05-03))
al-Atassi I (since May 3, 1920 (1920-05-03))
Syrian National Congress
Members120
SpeakerMuhammad Fawzi al-Azm (until November 14, 1919 (1919-11-14))
Hashim al-Atassi (December 11, 1919 (1919-12-11) – May 3, 1920 (1920-05-03))
Rashid Rida (May 5, 1920 (1920-05-05))
Sessions
1stJune 3, 1919 (1919-06-03) – June 1919 (1919-06)
2ndNovember 22, 1919 (1919-11-22) – December 4, 1919 (1919-12-04)
3rdMarch 6, 1920 (1920-03-06) – July 25, 1920 (1920-07-25)

This is a list of members of the Syrian National Congress.[1] The Congress was held in Damascus in June 1919 after the end of Ottoman rule, to prepare for the reception of the King–Crane Commission and the decision of the future of natural Syria. Sources differ on the number of deputies in the Congress, but it is likely that there were 85 elected deputies representing various regions in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan, most of whom were former deputies of the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies.[2] Additionally, the Congress had 35 tribal chiefs and heads of religious communities.[2] The total number of deputies is thus 120 members. This list includes the names of 97 members, the rest are unknown.

The Congress is the first national legislative body in the modern history of Syria. On March 7, 1920, it declared the independence of the Arab Kingdom of Syria and the installation of Prince Faisal as its king. It also formed a committee to draft the country's first constitution.

The members of the Congress were divided into three main blocs referred to as parties. However, it is unclear whether they constituted official party organizations or just parliamentary blocs. The blocs include the Progress Party, which formed the ruling bloc emanating from the al-Fatat organisation and included about 60 members, the Democratic Party, which represented the main opposition bloc and included about 30 members, in addition to a group of independent members who did not belong to either of the two blocs and are estimated at 20 members.[3][4]


List of deputies

No. District Name Party
1 Damascus Muhammad Fawzi Pasha al-Azm
2 Damascus Abd al-Rahman Pasha al-Yusuf
3 Damascus Fawzi al-Bakri
4 Damascus Abd al-Qadir al-Khatib Democratic Party
5 Damascus Taj al-Din al-Hasani Democratic Party
6 Damascus Mahmoud al-Baroudi
7 Damascus Ahmad al-Qudmani Democratic Party
8 Damascus Muslim al-Husni
9 Damascus Elias ‘Uwayshiq[a]
10 Damascus Youssef Leniado[b]
11 Aleppo Mar'i Pasha al-Mallah
12 Aleppo Rida al-Rifa‘i
13 Aleppo Saadallah al-Jabiri
14 Aleppo Abd al-Rahman al-Kiyali
15 Aleppo Muhammad al-Mudarris
16 Aleppo Hikmat al-Nayyal
17 Aleppo Rashid al-Mudarris
18 Aleppo Sheikh Nuri al-Jisri
19 Aleppo Salim Janbart
20 Aleppo Theodor Antaki
21 Aleppo Ibrahim Hananu
22 Homs Hashim al-Atasi Progress Party
23 Homs Wasfi al-Atassi
24 Homs Mazhar Raslan
25 Homs Murshid Sama'an
26 Deir ez-Zor Fadel al-‘Aboud
27 Deir ez-Zor Muhammad Nuri al-Fatayih
28 Deir ez-Zor Ibrahim al-Hajj Hussein
29 Nablus Muhammad 'Izzat Darwaza Progress Party
30 Nablus Ibrahim al-Qasim
31 Nablus Adel Zaiter
32 Nablus Amin al-Tamimi
33 Hama Khaled al-Barazi
34 Hama Abd al-Hamid al-Baroudi
35 Hama Abd al-Qadir al-Kilani
36 Beirut Salim Ali Salam
37 Beirut Arif al-Nu‘mani
38 Beirut Jamil Bayhum
39 Beirut Amin Bayhum
40 Beirut George Harfoush
41 Jerusalem Raghib al-Nashashibi
42 Jerusalem Saeed al-Husseini
43 Jerusalem Arif al-Dajani
44 Jerusalem Ya‘qub Farraj
45 Jaffa Raghib al-Dajani
46 Jaffa Youssef al-‘Issa
47 Haifa Rashid al-Hajj Ibrahim
48 Haifa Mu‘in al-Madhi
49 Hebron Ahmad Qadri
50 Hebron Rafiq al-Tamimi
51 Tripoli Rashid Rida
52 Tripoli Tawfiq al-Bisar
53 Tripoli Othman Sultan
54 Tripoli Youssef al-Hakim
55 Tripoli Abd al-Majid al-Maghribi
56 Latakia Muhammad al-Khayr
57 Latakia Muhammad al-Shuraiqi
58 Latakia Munah Haroun
59 Latakia Subhi al-Tawil
60 Sidon and Tyre Rida al-Solh
61 Sidon and Tyre Riyad al-Solh
62 Sidon and Tyre Afif al-Solh
63 Antioch Subhi Barakat
64 Antioch Mustafa Lutfi al-Rifa‘i
65 Idlib Zaki Yahya
66 Idlib Fuad Abd al-Karim
67 Idlib Ahmad al-‘Ayashi
68 Hauran Fares Ahmad al-Zu‘bi
69 Hauran Nasser al-Zu‘bi
70 Hauran Abd al-Rahman al-Zu‘bi
71 As-Salt Saeed Abu Naji
72 As-Salt Saeed al-Sulaibi
73 Mount Lebanon Dr. Saeed Tali‘
74 Mount Lebanon Sheikh Ibrahim al-Khatib
75 Azaz Fath al-Mar‘ashi
76 Azaz Jalal al-Qudsi
77 Ajloun Abd al-Rahman Irshidat
78 Ajloun Suleiman al-Soudi
79 Suwayda Naseeb al-Atrash
80 Quneitra Prince Mahmoud al-Fa‘our
81 Al-Bab Sharif al-Darwish
82 Jableh Naji Ali Adeeb
83 Jabal al-Hisn Mustafa al-As‘ad al-Dandashi
84 Harem Youssef al-Kiyali
85 Hasbaya Fa’iz al-Shihabi
86 Hisn al-Akrad Da‘as al-Hajj Hassan
87 Douma Mahmoud al-Shishakli
88 Akkar Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif
89 Karak Issa Madanat
90 Koura Tawfiq Mufarrij
91 Matn Rashid Naffa‘
92 Marjeyoun Murad Ghalmiyah
93 Ma'an Khalil al-Tallhouni
94 Mount Simeon Sheikh Abd al-Hamid al-Jabri
95 Ma'arrat al-Nu'man Hikmat al-Haraki
96 Manbij Mahmoud Nadeem
97 Nabk Khalil Abu al-Reesh
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120

Notes

  1. ^ Deputy for the Christians of Damascus
  2. ^ Deputy for the Jewish of Damascus

References

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