Abdulbaset Sieda (About this sound pronunciation ahb-duhl-BAW-seht SEE-dah; Arabic: عبد الباسط سيدا‎ / ALA-LC: ‘Abd al-Bāsiṭ Sīdā; Kurdish: Ebdilbasit Seyda‎; born 22 June 1956) is a Kurdish-Syrian academic and politician. He is the former President of the Syrian National Council (SNC), succeeding Burhan Ghalioun in June 2012. He has written a number of books on the Kurds in Syria and his academic work specializes in ancient civilizations.