Who is Faten Ali Nahar? The First Woman To Run For President In Syria

Who is Faten Ali Nahar? A 50-year-old woman named Faten Ali Nahar has decided to run for the presidential election of Syria, becoming the first woman ever to run for the position of President. The speaker of Syria announced on Tuesday.

This is the second presidential election in the country since the civil war broke out 10 years ago and is set to be held on May 26. Citizens of the country who are abroad will also be able to vote in the election to be held on May 20.

Who is Faten Ali Nahar? Here is all we know about Faten Ali Nahar

- Nahar is the first woman to run for the post of President in Syria.

- Fifty-year-old Nahar has nominated herself for the post, as informed by Hammoud Sabbagh, the speaker of the parliament.

- She is from the capital Damascus and has applied for the post from the same city.

- In the announcement, only her age, place of birth and mother's name has been provided.

- There are no reports or other information available on her on the internet or social media.

- She is running against the present President of Syria, Bashar Assad who is certain to win in the symbolic election being held.

Other than Nahar, two other candidates have also submitted their names for the election which includes a businessman from Syria who ran against Assad in the 2014 elections. Assad won the said election with about 90% of votes.

Syria began holding multi-candidate elections in 2014 and the competition against Assad was only symbolic. It was seen by the Western countries and the opposition as an effort to give the president of Syria a facade of legitimacy.

Syria has been in a phase of Civil War since the year 2011 when protests started against Assad's family rule. Assad has been the President of the country for six consecutive terms since the year 2000 after he took over his father who was the President of Syria for 30 consecutive years.