Mahmoud Ahmad Marei (Arabic: محمود أحمد مرعي; born 1957) is a Syrian politician,[2] lawyer, former head of the Arab Organization for Human Rights,[3] and former secretary-general of the National Democratic Front, a small, opposition party.[4]
Mahmoud Ahmad Marei | |
|---|---|
| محمود أحمد مرعي | |
| President of the Arab Organization for Human Rights | |
| In office ?–2021 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Alaa Shalabi[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Talfita, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria |
| Political party | Democratic Arab Socialist Union (until 2013) |
| Alma mater | Damascus University |
Biography
editMarei was born in Talfita, Rif Dimashq. He studied law at the Damascus University and graduated in 1993.[5]
He is former president of the Youth Office at the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change.[citation needed] He was a member of the internal opposition delegation to the Geneva peace talks on Syria (2017).[6]
Marei was a candidate in the 2021 Syrian presidential election. According to the Daily Telegraph, "Few consider former state minister Abdallah Salloum Abdallah and Mahmoud Merhi, a member of the so-called 'tolerated opposition', serious contenders."[7] The Democratic Arab Socialist Union rejected the legitimacy of the elections and distanced itself from Mahmoud Ahmad Marei, saying he had been expelled from the party in 2013.[8]
References
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- ^ "C.V of Mahmoud mere in Arabic". Archived from the original on 2021-05-15. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Syria elections: Polls open as Western countries slam 'illegitimate' vote - 26.05.2021". DW.COM. Archived from the original on 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ Chehayeb, Kareem (2021-05-26). "Syrians vote in election set to extend al-Assad's grip on power - Bashar al-Assad News". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ "محمود مرعي.. مرشح "مفاجئ" لرئاسة سوريا". al-ain.com. 26 May 2021. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ McKernan, Bethan (2021-05-23). "Civil war, ruin, raging poverty... but Assad is guaranteed to win Syria's fake election". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ Neilan, Catherine (2021-05-26). "Arab states accept sham Syria elections as Assad returns to fold". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ "يؤكد حزب الاتحاد على موقفه الثابت بعدم المشاركة بأي من العمليات الانتخابية والاستفتاءات في ظل نظام الأسد". Democratic Arab Socialist Union. 2021-05-09. Archived from the original on 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-26.