Bassam al-Sabbagh (Arabic: بسام الصباغ; born 1 January 1969)[3] is a Syrian diplomat and politician who served as the Foreign and Expatriates Minister of Syria from 22 September 2024 to 8 December 2024.
He is the last person to serve in this position under president Bashar al-Assad and of the Syrian Arab Republic.
He also served as Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations in New York City between 2020 and 2023.
Sabbagh is former Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Vienna the United Nations Office at Vienna, its former permanent representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and its former permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
In 1993, graduated from the University of Aleppo as a specialist in international relations, and has a bachelor's degree in political science from the Higher Institute of Political Science in Damascus.