Asya Abdullah

Asya Abdullah
آسيا عبدالله
Abdullah in 2013
Chairwoman of the Democratic Union Party
Assumed office
2022
Serving with Salih Muslim (2022–2026)
Preceded byShahoz Hassan
Aysha Hisso
In office
2010–2017
Serving with Salih Muslim (2012–2017)
Succeeded byAnwar Muslim
Aysha Hisso
Personal details
Born1971 (age 54–55)
Al-Malikiyah, Hasakah Governorate, Syria
PartyDemocratic Union Party (PYD) (2003–present)
ProfessionPolitician

Asya Abdullah is a Syrian Kurdish politician in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava). Asya Abdullah is the current chairwoman of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the former co-chair of the Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) coalition, and serves as a senior permanent member of the Syrian Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), serving in its upper administrative body. She has presented at numerous conferences to reach out to activists, academics and world leaders to garner support for the Kurdish political project in Rojava.