Riad Darar
| Riad Hammoud Darar | |
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| رياض حمود دارار | |
| Co-leader of the Syrian Democratic Council | |
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Assumed office 25 February 2017 Serving with Îlham Ehmed |
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| Preceded by | Haytham Manna |
| Founding member of the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change | |
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In office June 2011 – August 2014 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1954 (age 62–63) Deir ez-Zor, Syria |
| Nationality |
 Syria
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| Alma mater | Bachelor's degree on Arabic language in Damascus University |
Riad Hammoud Darar (Arabic: رياض حمود دارار, border 1954) is a Syrian opposition political and social activist and author from Deir ez-Zor. He was a proponent of human rights for Kurds in Syria since 2000. During his activitism, he was imprisoned by the Syrian government for 5 years and was released in 2010. On 25 February 2017, he was elected as the co-leader of the Syrian Democratic Council.
Riad Darar was born in Deir ez-Zor in 1954. He received a bachelor's degree on Arabic language some time later, and became a preacher and an imam at a mosque in Deir ez-Zor.
Since 2000, Riad Darar became a political activist and began to work with various non-governmental organizations. After an uprising by Kurds in Syria in 2004, Sheikh Muhammad Ma’shouq al-Khaznawi, a Kurdish Sufi religious leader, was arrested and assassinated by the Syrian military intelligence in May 2005. Riad Darar was among those who was present at al-Khaznawi's funeral, and gave a speech. The next month, Darar was arrested. On 2 April 2006, he was sentenced to 5 years in prison by the Supreme State Security Court.
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