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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Syria)
Cabinet ministry of Syria responsible for foreign relations
Cabinet ministry of Syria responsible for foreign relations
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates |
| native_name_a | وزارة الخارجية والمغتربين |
| native_name_r | Wizārat al-Khārijīyah wa-al-Mughtaribīn |
| seal | Variant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates logo (2025).svg |
| seal_size | 100px |
| seal_caption | Logo |
| logo | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates logo (2025).svg |
| logo_size | 300px |
| logo_caption | Horizontal logo |
| image | Flag of the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates.svg |
| image_size | 150px |
| image_caption | Flag |
| formed | |
| preceding1 | Ministry of Expatriates |
| jurisdiction | Syria and its diplomatic missions worldwide |
| headquarters | Kafr Sousa, Damascus |
| minister1_name | Asaad al-Shaibani |
| website |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates () 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 Syria and the interests of Syrian citizens abroad, as well as the representation of the country to other countries and international organizations. The responsibilities of the Ministry of Expatriates were merged on 14 April 2011.
The current minister is Asaad al-Shaibani who was appointed on 21 December 2024 following the collapse of the Ba'athist regime.
Foreign ministers
The following is a list of foreign ministers of Syria since 1920:
[[Arab Kingdom of Syria]] (1918–1920)
- (1920) Awni Abd al-Hadi
- (1920) Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar
- (1920) Aladdin al-Droubi
[[Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon|French Mandate for Syria]] and [[First Syrian Republic]] (1930–1950)
- (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
- (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
[[Second Syrian Republic]] (1950–1958)
- (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 al-Bitar
[[United Arab Republic]] (1958–1961)
- (1958–1961) Mahmoud Fawzi
[[Second Syrian Republic|Syrian Arab Republic]] (1961–1963)
- (1961) Maamun al-Kuzbari
- (1961) Izzat al-Nuss
- (1961–1962) Maarouf al-Dawalibi
- (1962) Adnan Azhari
- (1962) Jamal al-Farra
- (1962–1963) Assad Mahassen
[[Ba'athist Syria]] (1963–2024)
| Portrait | Name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Government | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}};" | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Salah Bitar.jpg | 80px]] | Salah al-Din al-Bitar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1912–1980) | 1963 | 1963 | Ba'ath Party | al-Bitar I–III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:No image.png | 80px]] | Hassan Mraywed | 1963 | 1965 | 2 years | Ba'ath Party | al-Hafiz I | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| al-Bitar IV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| al-Hafiz II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Ibrahim Makhous (cropped).jpg | 80px]] | Ibrahim Makhous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1925–2013) | 22 September 1965 | 21 December 1965 | Ba'ath Party | Zuayyin I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Salah Bitar.jpg | 80px]] | Salah al-Din al-Bitar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1912–1980) | 21 December 1965 | 1 March 1966 | Ba'ath Party | al-Bitar V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Ibrahim Makhous (cropped).jpg | 80px]] | Ibrahim Makhous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1925–2013) | 1 March 1966 | 29 October 1968 | Ba'ath Party | Zuayyin II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:No image.png | 80px]] | Muhammad Eid Ashawi | 1968 | 1969 | 1 year | Ba'ath Party | al-Atassi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:No image.png | 80px]] | Mustapha al-Said | 1969 | 1970 | 1 year | Ba'ath Party | al-Atassi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:President Jimmy Carter and Abdul Halim Khaddam (cropped).jpg | 80px]] | Abdul Halim Khaddam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1932–2020) | 5 July 1970 | 1 March 1984 | Ba'ath Party | al-Atassi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [...] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| al-Kasm I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Farouk Shara.jpg | 80px]] | Farouk al-Sharaa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1938) | 1 March 1984 | 21 February 2006 | Ba'ath Party | al-Kasm II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [...] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| al-Otari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Walid Muallem (cropped).jpg | 80px]] | Walid Muallem | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1941–2020) | 21 February 2006 | 16 November 2020 | Ba'ath Party | al-Otari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [...] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arnous I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Faisal Mekdad by Tasnimnews 03).jpg | 80px]] | Faisal Mekdad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1954) | 22 November 2020 | 23 September 2024 | Ba'ath Party | Arnous I–II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Bassam al-Sabbagh.jpg | 80px]] | Bassam al-Sabbagh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1969) | 23 September 2024 | 10 December 2024 | Ba'ath Party | al-Jalali |
Transitional period (2024–present)
| Portrait | Name | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Government | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham}};" | Independent politician}};" | ||
| [[File:Asaad al-Shaibani in September 2025.jpg | 80px]] | Asaad al-Shaibani | ||||||||
| (born 1987) | 21 December 2024 | Incumbent | HTS | |||||||
| (until 29 January 2025) | Caretaker | |||||||||
| (until 29 March 2025) | ||||||||||
| Independent | Transitional |
References
References
- "Foreign ministers S-Z". B. Schemmel.
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