Bashar Jaafari

Bashar Jaafari
بشار الجعفري
Bashar Jaafari in 2017
Ambassador of Syria to Russia
In office
5 October 2022 (2022-10-05) – 8 December 2024 (2024-12-08) (de facto)
Preceded byRiad Haddad
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
22 November 2020 – 5 October 2022
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterHussein Arnous
Preceded byFaisal Mekdad
Succeeded byBassam al-Sabbagh
14th Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations
In office
31 July 2006 – 22 November 2020
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Preceded byFaisal Mekdad
Succeeded byBassam al-Sabbagh
Personal details
Born (1956-04-14) April 14, 1956
PartyBa'ath Party
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Damascus
University of Sceaux
University of Paris
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta
ProfessionDiplomat
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Bashar Jaafari, also Ja'afari, (Arabic: بشار الجعفري; born April 14, 1956) is a Syrian diplomat who served as the Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations (PermRep) from 2006 to 2020. As PermRep, Jaafari was the Assad regime's lead negotiator during the Syrian peace process with the Syrian opposition.

Jaafari was later Deputy Foreign Minister from 2020 to 2022, then Ambassador of Syria to Russia from 2022 to 2024.