Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Syria)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic: وزارة الخارجية والمغتربين) is a cabinet ministry of Syria, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country. The ministry oversees the expression of Syrian foreign policy, the protection of the interests of the Syrian Arab Republic and the interests of Syrian citizens abroad, as well as the representation of the country to other countries and international organizations.

History

The responsibilities of the Ministry of Expatriates were merged on April 14, 2011.

Senior officials

The senior officials in the ministry are as follows:

Foreign ministers

The following is a list of foreign ministers of Syria since 1920:^[7]

Arab Kingdom of Syria (1918–1920)

French Mandate for Syria (1920–1946)

(1936–1939) Saadallah al-Jabiri
(1939) Fayez al-Khoury
(1939) Khalid al-Azm
(1941–1943) Fayez al-Khoury
(1943) Naim Antaki
(1943–1945) Jamil Mardam Bey
(1945) Mikhail Ilyan
(1945–1946) Saadallah al-Jabiri

Syrian Republic (1946–1958)

(1946–1947) Naim Antaki
(1947–1948) Jamil Mardam Bey
(1948) Muhsin al-Barazi
(1948–1949) Khalid al-Azm
(1949) Adil Arslan
(1949) Muhsin al-Barazi
(1949) Nazim al-Kudsi
(1949–1950) Khalid al-Azm
(1950–1951) Nazim al-Kudsi
(1951) Khalid al-Azm
(1951) Faydi al-Atassi
(1951) Shakir al-As
(1952–1953) Zafir ar-Rifai
(1953–1954) Khalil Mardam Bey
(1954 Faydi al-Atassi
(1954) Izzat Sakkal
(1954–1955) Faydi al-Atassi
(1955) Khalid al-Azm
(1955–1956) Said al-Ghazzi
(1956–1958) Salah al-Din Bitar

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

(1958–1961) Mahmoud Fawzi

Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)

(1961) Maamun al-Kuzbari
(1961) Izzat al-Nuss
(1961–1962) Maaruf al-Dawalibi
(1962) Adnan Azhari
(1962) Jamal al-Farra
(1962–1963) Assad Mahassen
(1963) Salah al-Din Bitar
(1963–1965) Hassan Mraywed
(1965–1966) Brahim Makhous
(1966) Salah al-Din Bitar
(1966–1968) Brahim Makhous
(1968–1969) Muhammad Eid Ashawi
(1969–1970) Mustapha al-Said
(1970–1984) Abdul-Halim Khaddam
(1984–2006) Farouk al-Sharaa
(2006–2020) Walid Muallem
(2020–present) Faisal Mekdad

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