Fifty-Year-Old Faten Ali Nahar Becomes First Woman Ever To Run For President Of Syria

Faten Ali Nahar: 50-year-old Faten Ali Nahar has nominated herself to run for the positing of the President of Syria in the upcoming presidential election, a parliament speaker said on Tuesday.

The election for a president, who will serve a seven-year term, will take place on May 26 and the Syrians abroad will be able to vote at embassies on  May 20.

Who is Faten Ali Nahar?

According to AP News, Nahar, a Damascus resident, became the first female candidate from the capital to have applied for the post of President of the Republic, the country's top job. The Speaker of the Council, Hammouda Sabbagh, said the People’s Assembly has received a notice from the Supreme Constitutional Court that Faten Ali Nahar has submitted a candidacy application in which she announced running for the President. This takes the number of candidacy applications submitted to the assembly to three.

The country is to conduct a presidential election next month, after 10 years of war. This is the second presidential election to take place during the civil war which is expected to be won by President Bashar Assad.

Sabbagh, disclosing very little about the woman candidate, further said that the parliament speaker provided her age, place of birth and her mother’s name in the announcement. She remains an unknown figure in the country and there were no reports on her on social media as well.