2021 Syrian presidential election

Presidential elections will be held in Syria in 2021. There is already speculation about the legitimacy of elections from news organizations such as Middle East Monitor and Enab Baladi.[1][2] According to election law they must be held between 16 April and 16 May.[3]

2021 Syrian presidential election
President before election

Bashar al-Assad
Ba'ath Party

 Elected President

TBD

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Possible candidates
  • Bashar al-Assad, incumbent president (2000–present) and Ba'ath Party candidate
  • Jamal Suliman, actor and Syria's Tomorrow Movement candidate[4]
  • Fahad Al Masri, independent candidate
  • Abdollah al Hamasi, independent candidate

References
  1. "Thinktank: Syrian 2021 elections 'must be ignored'". Middle East Monitor. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. "2021 Elections.. "Entitlement" or "illegal" procedure". Enab Baladi. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. "Syria's inconsequential 2021 presidential elections must be ignored". Atlantic Council. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. "Politician and Actor Jamal Suleiman Opens up to the Syrian Observer". 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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