Anas Abdah is the president of the Syrian Negotiation Commission. He is also a founding member of the Syrian National Council. He was born in Damascus in 1967 to parents who were both teachers. He graduated from the University of Yarmouk in 1988 with a BSc in Geology and went on to study for a Master of Science from England’s University of Newcastle. He has worked in the IT sector since 1991 and from 1997 has held senior management positions with multi-national companies. From 2006 he has dedicated himself to political activism.
Political Work:
Leading member of Damascus Declaration for Democratic Change – 2006.
Head of Damascus Declaration Secretariat General – external office – 2009-2013.
Founding member of the Syrian National Council – 2011.
Member of Syrian National Council Secretariat General – 2011-2012.
SG of the Syrian National Council Secretariat General – 2012.
Member of the Syrian National Coalition political commission – 2013-2014.
Member pf the Syrian opposition negotiation team in Geneva – 2014.
SG of the Syrian National Coalition political commission – 2015.
President of the Syrian National Coalition – March 2016-April 2017.
Member of the Syrian National Coalition political commission – May 2017-June 2019.
President of the Syrian National Coalition – July 2019- July 2020
President of the Syrian Negotiation Commission – June 2020 – Now.
