Khaled Khoja

Khaled Khoja (, , born 4 July 1965) is a Syrian-Turkish physician and politician who served as President of the Syrian National Coalition from 2015 to 2016.

Khoja was born in Damascus, Syria, into a Syrian Turkmen family of Turkish origin. He completed his secondary education in Ubari, Libya. During the rule of President Hafez al-Assad, he was detained twice for his political activities.

Between 1985 and 1987, Khoja studied political science at Istanbul University. He is fluent in both Arabic and Turkish.

Following the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Khoja became active in the Syrian opposition. He participated in the founding of the Syrian National Council in October 2011 and later served as the Syrian National Coalition's representative in Turkey.

In January 2015, Khoja was elected President of the Syrian National Coalition, succeeding Hadi al-Bahra. During his tenure, he represented the coalition in international diplomatic efforts concerning the Syrian conflict, including negotiations aimed at ending the civil war. He served until March 2016, when he was succeeded by Anas al-Abdah.

Khoja resigned from the Syrian National Coalition on 25 April 2018. In 2019, he became one of the founding members of the Future Party, established by former Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.