Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, وزارة الخارجية والمغتربين) is a
cabinet
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ministry of
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, responsible for conducting
foreign relations
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of the country.
History
The responsibilities of the
Ministry of Expatriates were merged on April 14, 2011.
Foreign ministers
The following is a list of
foreign minister
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between co ...
s of Syria since 1920:
Arab Kingdom of Syria
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, No ...
(1918–1920)
*(1920)
Awni Abd al-Hadi
Awni Abd al-Hadi, ( ar, عوني عبد الهادي) aka Auni Bey Abdel Hadi (1889, Nablus, Ottoman Empire – 15 March 1970, Cairo, Egypt) was a Palestinian political figure. He was educated in Beirut, Istanbul, and at the Sorbonne Univer ...
*(1920)
Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar
Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar ( ar, عبد الرحمن الشهبندر; ALA-LC: ''‘Abd al-Raḥman al-Shahbandar''; November 1879 – July 1940) was a prominent Syrian nationalist during the French Mandate of Syria and a leading opponent of comp ...
*(1920)
Alaa ad-Din ad-Durubi
French Mandate for Syria (1920–1946)
*(1936–1939)
Saadallah al-Jabiri
Saadallah Al Jabiri ( ar, سعد الله الجابري; 1893–1947) was a Syrian Arab politician, a two-time prime minister and a two-time Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria.
Jabiri was exiled by the French authorities to t ...
*(1939)
Fayez al-Khoury
Fayez al-Khoury (Arabic: فائز الخوري) (1959 - 1885), was a Syrian politician who served as foreign minister for two terms in 1930s and 40s. He also served twice as Minister of Finance.
Background
He was born was born to a Greek Orthod ...
*(1939)
Khalid al-Azm
Khalid al-Azm ( ar, خالد العظم, Khālid al-Aẓim; 11 June 1903 – 18 November 1965) was a Syrian national leader and five-time interim Prime Minister, as well as Acting President from 4 April to 16 September 1941. He was a member of o ...
*(1941–1943)
Fayez al-Khoury
Fayez al-Khoury (Arabic: فائز الخوري) (1959 - 1885), was a Syrian politician who served as foreign minister for two terms in 1930s and 40s. He also served twice as Minister of Finance.
Background
He was born was born to a Greek Orthod ...
*(1943)
Naim Antaki
Naim Antaki (Arabic: نعيم أنطاكي) (1971 - 1903), was a Syrian politician who served as foreign minister and finance minister of Syria in 1940s.
Background
He was born in Aleppo in 1903 to a wealthy family. he studied law at Amer ...
*(1943–1945)
Jamil Mardam Bey
*(1945)
Mikhail Ilyan
*(1945–1946)
Saadallah al-Jabiri
Saadallah Al Jabiri ( ar, سعد الله الجابري; 1893–1947) was a Syrian Arab politician, a two-time prime minister and a two-time Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria.
Jabiri was exiled by the French authorities to t ...
Syrian Republic (1946–1958)
*(1946–1947)
Naim Antaki
Naim Antaki (Arabic: نعيم أنطاكي) (1971 - 1903), was a Syrian politician who served as foreign minister and finance minister of Syria in 1940s.
Background
He was born in Aleppo in 1903 to a wealthy family. he studied law at Amer ...
*(1947–1948)
Jamil Mardam Bey
*(1948)
Muhsin al-Barazi
*(1948–1949)
Khalid al-Azm
Khalid al-Azm ( ar, خالد العظم, Khālid al-Aẓim; 11 June 1903 – 18 November 1965) was a Syrian national leader and five-time interim Prime Minister, as well as Acting President from 4 April to 16 September 1941. He was a member of o ...
*(1949)
Adil Arslan
Adil Arslân (1880 – 23 January 1954) ( ar, عادل أرسلان) was an Ottoman politician, writer and poet from Syria. He was the older brother of the two princes Shakib Arslan and Nasib Arslan. He was a deputy for Lebanon in the Ottoman Par ...
*(1949)
Muhsin al-Barazi
*(1949)
Nazim al-Kudsi
Nazim al-Qudsi ( ar, ناظم القدسي, Nāẓim al-Qudsī or Nadhim Al-Kudisi; 14 February 1906 – 6 February 1998), was a Syrian politician who served as President of Syria from 14 December 1961 to 8 March 1963.
Early life and education
...
*(1949–1950)
Khalid al-Azm
Khalid al-Azm ( ar, خالد العظم, Khālid al-Aẓim; 11 June 1903 – 18 November 1965) was a Syrian national leader and five-time interim Prime Minister, as well as Acting President from 4 April to 16 September 1941. He was a member of o ...
*(1950–1951)
Nazim al-Kudsi
Nazim al-Qudsi ( ar, ناظم القدسي, Nāẓim al-Qudsī or Nadhim Al-Kudisi; 14 February 1906 – 6 February 1998), was a Syrian politician who served as President of Syria from 14 December 1961 to 8 March 1963.
Early life and education
...
*(1951)
Khalid al-Azm
Khalid al-Azm ( ar, خالد العظم, Khālid al-Aẓim; 11 June 1903 – 18 November 1965) was a Syrian national leader and five-time interim Prime Minister, as well as Acting President from 4 April to 16 September 1941. He was a member of o ...
*(1951)
Faydi al-Atassi
Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak, popularly known by his pen-name, Faizi (20 September 1547 – 15 October 1595) was a poet and scholar of late medieval India whose ancestors ''Malik-ush-Shu'ara'' (poet laureate) of Akbar's Court. Blochmann, H. (tr.) (19 ...
*(1951)
Shakir al-As Shakir is both a surname and a given name, similar to the surname or name Shakur. Notable people with the name include:
* Ahmad Muhammad Shakir, Egyptian scholar of Hadith (prophetic traditions)
* Faiz Shakir, American Democratic political advisor a ...
*(1952–1953)
Zafir ar-Rifai Zafir or al-Zafir may refer to:
* Al-Zafir
Abū Manṣūr Ismāʿīl ibn al-Ḥāfiẓ ( ar, أبو منصور إسماعيل بن الحافظ, February 1133 – April 1154), better known by his regnal name al-Ẓāfir bi-Aʿdāʾ Allāh (, ) ...
*(1953–1954)
Khalil Mardam Bey
*(1954
Faydi al-Atassi
Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak, popularly known by his pen-name, Faizi (20 September 1547 – 15 October 1595) was a poet and scholar of late medieval India whose ancestors ''Malik-ush-Shu'ara'' (poet laureate) of Akbar's Court. Blochmann, H. (tr.) (19 ...
*(1954)
Izzat Sakkal Izzat may refer to:
* Izzat (given name), including a list of people with the name
* Izzat (honour), the concept of honor in North India, Bangladesh and Pakistan
* ''Izzat'' (1937 film), a Hindi film directed by Franz Osten
* ''Izzat'' (1968 f ...
*(1954–1955)
Faydi al-Atassi
Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak, popularly known by his pen-name, Faizi (20 September 1547 – 15 October 1595) was a poet and scholar of late medieval India whose ancestors ''Malik-ush-Shu'ara'' (poet laureate) of Akbar's Court. Blochmann, H. (tr.) (19 ...
*(1955)
Khalid al-Azm
Khalid al-Azm ( ar, خالد العظم, Khālid al-Aẓim; 11 June 1903 – 18 November 1965) was a Syrian national leader and five-time interim Prime Minister, as well as Acting President from 4 April to 16 September 1941. He was a member of o ...
*(1955–1956)
Said al-Ghazzi
Said Al-Ghazzi ( ar, سعيد الغزي; 11 June 1893 – 18 September 1967) was a Syrian lawyer, politician and two time prime minister of Syria. He was born in Damascus.
Early life
Said belonged to the prominent al-Ghazzi family, wh ...
*(1956–1958)
Salah al-Din Bitar
Salah al-Din al-Bitar ( ar, صلاح الدين البيطار, Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn al-Biṭār; 1 January 1912 – 21 July 1980) was a Syrian politician who co-founded the Arab Ba'ath Party with Michel Aflaq in the early 1940s. As student ...
United Arab Republic
The United Arab Republic (UAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية المتحدة, al-Jumhūrīyah al-'Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah) was a sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 until 1971. It was initially a political union between Eg ...
(1958–1961)
Syrian Arab Republic
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
(1961–present)
*(1961)
Maamun al-Kuzbari
Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914 – 2 March 1998) ( ar, مأمون الكزبري, Maʾmūn al-Kuzbarī) was a Syrian literary personality, politician and acting head of state (29 September – 20 November 1961) from a prominent Damascus family.
Care ...
*(1961)
Izzat al-Nuss
Izzat al-Nuss ( ar, عزت النص; 1912–1976) was a Syrian politician who became the President and Prime Minister of Syria from 20 November to 14 December 1961.
Biography
Born in Damascus, al-Nuss studied literature at the University of Pa ...
*(1961–1962)
Maaruf al-Dawalibi
*(1962)
Adnan Azhari
*(1962)
Jamal al-Farra
*(1962–1963)
Assad Mahassen
*(1963)
Salah al-Din Bitar
Salah al-Din al-Bitar ( ar, صلاح الدين البيطار, Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn al-Biṭār; 1 January 1912 – 21 July 1980) was a Syrian politician who co-founded the Arab Ba'ath Party with Michel Aflaq in the early 1940s. As student ...
*(1963–1965)
Hassan Mraywed
*(1965–1966)
Brahim Makhous
*(1966)
Salah al-Din Bitar
Salah al-Din al-Bitar ( ar, صلاح الدين البيطار, Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn al-Biṭār; 1 January 1912 – 21 July 1980) was a Syrian politician who co-founded the Arab Ba'ath Party with Michel Aflaq in the early 1940s. As student ...
*(1966–1968)
Brahim Makhous
*(1968–1969)
Muhammad Eid Ashawi
*(1969–1970)
Mustapha al-Said
*(1970–1984)
Abdul-Halim Khaddam
*(1984–2006)
Farouk al-Sharaa
Farouk al-Sharaa ( ar, فاروق الشرع; born 10 December 1938) is a Syrian politician and diplomat. He is one of the most prominent officials in the Syrian government and served as foreign minister of Syria from 1984 until 2006 when he bec ...
*(2006–2020)
Walid Muallem
Walid Mohi Edine al Muallem ( ar, وليد محيي الدين المعلم ''Walīd Muḥīyy ad-Dīn al-Muʿallam''; 13 January 194116 November 2020) was a Syrian diplomat and Ba'ath Party member who served as foreign minister from 2006 to 202 ...
*(2020–present)
Faisal Mekdad
Faisal Mekdad ( ar, فيصل المقداد; born 1954) is the Syrian Foreign Minister and former Permanent Envoy to the United Nations.
Life and education
Faisal Mekdad was born in the village of Ghasm in Daraa Governorate in 1954. He graduat ...
See also
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President of Syria
The president of Syria, officially the president of the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic: رئيس سوريا) is the head of state of the Syrian Arab Republic. They are vested with sweeping powers that may be delegated, at their sole discretion, t ...
**
List of presidents of Syria
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Vice President of Syria
The Vice President of Syria ( ar, نائب رئيس سوريا) is a political position in Syria. The Constitution states that in the case of the president's temporary disablement, the vice president may become acting president. Multiple people ...
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Prime Minister of Syria
The prime minister of Syria (Arabic: رئيس وزراء سوريا), formally titled the president of the Council of Ministers ( ar, رئيس مجلس الوزراء), is the head of government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Nomination
The prime ...
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List of prime ministers of Syria
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Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria
The Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria (Arabic: رئيس مجلس الشعب السوري rayiys majlis alshaeb alsuwrii) represents the People's Assembly, Syria's legislature, signs documents and speaks on its behalf. Throughout its hist ...
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Cabinet of Syria
The Cabinet of Syria (Arabic: مجلس وزراء سوريا, majlis wuzara' suria) or Council of Ministers is the chief executive body of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Cabinet in Constitution
According to the Constitution of Syria:
Appointment, ...
References
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Foreign ministers
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Foreign Affairs
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Diaspora ministries