Hadi al-Bahra Elected as President of the Syrian Coalition

Hadi al-Bahra was elected president of the Syrian Coalition during its general meeting which concluded at dawn today. Al Bahra was born in Damascus in 1959 and holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Wichita State University in the United States. He managed several hospitals and businesses in Saudi Arabia between 1983 and 2005, and has been CEO of Techno Media since 2005. Bahra has dedicated his expertise in communications to the service of the Syrian Revolution, and has helped establish communications channels between media activists in Syria and media outlets abroad. Bahra has been part of the Syrian Coalition for more than a year, and was elected a member of the political committee besides heading the opposition delegation to the Geneva II talks. (Source: Syrian Coalition)