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{{Short description|Syrian civil servant (born 1959)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hadi al-Bahra
|image native_name = Hadi_Al_Bahra.jpg{{nobold|هادي البحرة}}
| image = Hadi Al Bahra.jpg
| office = President of the [[Syrian Interim Government]] and of the [[National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces]]
| primeminister = [[AhmadAbdurrahman Tu'mahMustafa]]
|term_start = 9 July 2014
|term_end term_start = 412 JanuarySeptember 20152023
| predecessor = [[AhmadSalem Jarbaal-Meslet]]
|successor primeminister1 = [[KhaledAhmad KhojaTu'mah]]
|term_start term_start1 = 9 July 2014
|birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1959|2|13|df=y}}}}
| term_end1 = 4 January 2015
|birth_place = [[Damascus]], [[Syria]]
| predecessor1 = [[Ahmad Jarba]]
|death_date =
| successor1 = [[Khaled Khoja]]
|death_place =
|party birth_date = [[Independent{{birth year and politicianage|Independent]]1959}}
| birth_place = [[Damascus]], [[Second Syrian Republic|Syria]]
|alma_mater = [[Wichita State University]]
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|alma_mater education = [[Wichita State University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
| caption = Al-Bahra in 2013
| native_name_lang = ar
}}
'''Hadi al-Bahra''' ({{langx|ar| هادي البحرة|Hādī al-Baḥra}}; born 1959)<ref name="NCS1">{{cite web|url=http://en.etilaf.org/coalition-components/general-body/political-committee/other-political-body/hadi-al-bahra.html|title=Hadi Al Bahra|date=5 June 2013 |publisher=National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref> is a member of the [[Syrian opposition]] movement who is the [[National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces#Members and representatives|President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces]]. He was elected president from 9 July 2014<ref>{{cite news |date=9 July 2014 |title=Syrian opposition body elects new president |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/07/syrian-opposition-body-elects-new-president-2014793458830884.html |accessdate=14 August 2014 |agency=Reuters}}</ref> until 4 January 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 January 2015 |title=Syrian opposition bloc appoints new leader |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2015/01/syrian-opposition-khaled-khola-20151511632965634.html |accessdate=8 January 2015 |publisher=Al Jazeera English}}</ref> He was re-elected on 12 September 2023 and is the incumbent president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.etilaf.org/presidential-body|title=Hadi al-Bahra re-elected.|publisher=Etilaf english|date=12 September 2023|accessdate=12 September 2023}}</ref>
 
==Childhood and education==
'''Hadi al-Bahra''' (born in Damascus on Feb 13 1959)<ref name="NCS1">{{cite web|url=http://en.etilaf.org/coalition-components/general-body/political-committee/other-political-body/hadi-al-bahra.html|title=Hadi Al Bahra|publisher=National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref> is a member of the [[Syrian opposition]] movement who was the [[National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces#Members and representatives|President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces]] from 9 July 2014<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/07/syrian-opposition-body-elects-new-president-2014793458830884.html|title=Syrian opposition body elects new president |work=Reuters|date=9 July 2014|accessdate=14 August 2014}}</ref> until 4 January 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2015/01/syrian-opposition-khaled-khola-20151511632965634.html|title=Syrian opposition bloc appoints new leader|publisher=Al Jazeera English|date=5 January 2015|accessdate=8 January 2015}}</ref> Al Bahra holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Wichita State University in the United States. He held the position of Executive Director of Erfan and Bagedo general hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in the period 1983-1987. In the period from 1987 until 2003, became CEO of Horizon of Commercial development Co, then general manager of Horizon International Exhibitions for the period 2004-2005, a company operating in the free zone in Damascus, Syria and then the CEO of Techno Media from 2005 until 2011. Bahra has extensive experience in communications systems, information technology, interactive display systems, and the organization of conferences and events. He has employed his expertise in communications to serve the Syrian revolution since it erupted, where he contributed to the establishment of support groups to coordinate communication between the Syrian activist and the regional and international media, he worked with the opposition inside Syria, contributing to the media, relief activities and the political side of the revolution.<ref name="Reuters1">{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/09/us-syria-crisis-opposition-idUSKBN0FE08120140709|title=Syria's Western-backed opposition elects new president|last=Theiler|first=Mike|date=9 July 2014|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref>
Born on the 13th of February 1959 in [[Damascus|Damascus, Syria]], Al-Bahra holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Wichita State University in the United States.{{cn|date=September 2020}}
Bahra joined the SOC in the recent expansion that took place on 31 May 2013. He was then elected to be the general secretory of the political committee. The coalition chose him to be the chief negotiator of its delegation to the [[Geneva II Conference on Syria]]. al-Bahra was elected as president in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]<ref name="Reuters1" /> on 9 July 2014, with 62 votes, defeating his nearest rival [[Mouaffaq Nyrabia]], who received 41 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrian-opposition-elects-hadi-al-bahra-as-new-leader.aspx?pageID=238&nID=68869&NewsCatID=352|title=Syrian opposition elects Hadi al-Bahra as new leader|date=9 July 2014|work=Agence France-Presse|publisher=Hurriyet Daily News|accessdate=13 August 2014|location=Istanbul}}</ref>
 
==Pre-Syrian Revolution ==
Prior to the [[Civil uprising phase of the Syrian civil war|Syrian Revolution]] that started in 2011 after street protests were violently repressed, al-Bahra held the position of Executive Director of Erfan and Bagedo general hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in the period 1983–1989. In the period from 1989 until 2003, became CEO of Horizon of Commercial development Co, then general manager of Horizon International Exhibitions for the period 2003–2005, a company operating in the free zone in Damascus, Syria and then the CEO of Techno Media from 2005 until 2011. Al-Bahra has extensive experience in communications systems, information technology, interactive display systems, and the organization of conferences and events.{{cn|date=September 2020}}
 
==Syrian civil war==
Al-Bahra used his experience in communications technology to support the Syrian opposition, where he contributed to the establishment of support groups to coordinate communication between Syrian activists and the regional and international media, he worked with the opposition inside Syria, contributing to the media, relief activities and the political side of the protests.<ref name="Reuters1">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-opposition-idUSKBN0FE08120140709|title=Syria's Western-backed opposition elects new president|last=Theiler|first=Mike|date=9 July 2014|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref> Al-Bahra joined the SOC{{what|date=September 2020}} in the recent expansion that took place on 31 May 2013. He was then elected to be the general secretorysecretary of the political committee. The coalition chose him to be the chief negotiator of its delegation to the [[Geneva II Conference on Syria]]. al-Bahra was elected as president in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]<ref name="Reuters1" /> on 9 July 2014, with 62 votes, defeating his nearest rival [[Mouaffaq Nyrabia]], who received 41 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrian-opposition-elects-hadi-al-bahra-as-new-leader.aspx?pageID=238&nID=68869&NewsCatID=352|title=Syrian opposition elects Hadi al-Bahra as new leader|date=9 July 2014|work=Agence France-Presse|publisher=Hurriyet Daily News|accessdate=13 August 2014|location=Istanbul}}</ref>
 
==References==
{{More footnotes|date=January 2015}}
{{Reflist}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20141003020511/http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/a89tqt/hadi-al-bahra The president of the Syrian National Coalition, Hadi al-Bahra, discusses the opposition movement's fight to defeat ISIS and gain liberation from Bashar al-Assad]
 
[http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/ar/afrique-du-nord-et-moyen-orient/syrie/la-france-et-la-syrie/evenements-2014-1555/article/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A فرنسا تهنئ السيد هادي البحرة لانتخابه رئيسا للائتلاف الوطني السوري] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712133311/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/ar/afrique-du-nord-et-moyen-orient/syrie/la-france-et-la-syrie/evenements-2014-1555/article/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A |date=2014-07-12 }}
 
[http://www.alkurdiya.net/2014/09/blog-post_17.html كلمة رئيس الائتلاف الوطني السوري هادي البحرة في جامعة الدول العربية] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113005456/http://www.alkurdiya.net/2014/09/blog-post_17.html |date=2015-01-13 }}
 
[http://www.almadaen.com.sa/news/details/14672 هادي البحرة لـ"الجارديان": التحالف الدولي يركز على "داعش" ويتجاهل تجاوزات النظام] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113014307/http://www.almadaen.com.sa/news/details/14672 |date=2015-01-13 }}
 
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150113004916/http://arabic.syria.usembassy.gov/statedept070914ar1.html بيان لوزارة الخارجية الأميركية حول انتخاب السيد هادي البحرة رئيساً ][https://web.archive.org/web/20150113005136/http://newspaper.allsyrians.org/?p=338 كواليس جينيف 2 – حوار مع هادي البحرة]
 
[http://www.okaz.com.sa/new/issues/20140731/Con20140731715266.htm فاجأ رئيس الائتلاف السوري هادي البحرة، اللاجئين السوريين في مخيماتهم في تركيا، بزيارة أضفت على شفاه الأطفال الابتسامة] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113004519/http://www.okaz.com.sa/new/issues/20140731/Con20140731715266.htm |date=2015-01-13 }}
 
==External links==
* [http://en.etilaf.org/coalition-components/general-body/political-committee/president/hadi-al-bahra.html Syrian National Council profile]
 
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Syrian Interim Government|President]] of the [[National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces]]|years=2014–2015}}
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[[Category:PeoplePoliticians from Damascus]]
[[Category:National Coalition forof Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces members]]
[[Category:Wichita State University alumni]]