Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Syria)

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
وزارة الخارجية والمغتربين
Kafr Sousa, April 17 Street, P.O. Box 3773, Damascus, Syria
Telephone: +963 11 218 10 00
Current minister Faisal Mekdad[1]
Established 1920
Preceding agency Ministry of Expatriates
Jurisdiction Syrian Arab Republic
Headquarters Damascus
Annual budget 725 million SYP (2020)
Website http://mofaex.gov.sy/
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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.

History[]

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

Foreign Ministers[]

The following is a list of foreign ministers of Syria since 1920:[2]

Arab Kingdom of Syria (1918–1920)[]

  • (1920) Awni Abd al-Hadi
  • (1920) Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar
  • (1920)

French Mandate for Syria (1920–1946)[]

Syrian Republic (1946–1958)[]

  • (1946–1947) Naim Antaki
  • (1947–1948) Jamil Mardam Bey
  • (1948) Muhsin al-Barazi
  • (1948–1949) Khalid al-Azm
  • (1949)
  • (1949) Muhsin al-Barazi
  • (1949) Nazim al-Kudsi
  • (1949–1950) Khalid al-Azm
  • (1950–1951) Nazim al-Kudsi
  • (1951) Khalid al-Azm
  • (1951)
  • (1951)
  • (1952–1953)
  • (1953–1954) Khalil Mardam Bey
  • (1954
  • (1954)
  • (1954–1955)
  • (1955) Khalid al-Azm
  • (1955–1956) Said al-Ghazzi
  • (1956–1958) Salah al-Din Bitar

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)[]

Main article: United Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)[]

  • (1961) Maamun al-Kuzbari
  • (1961)
  • (1961–1962) Maaruf al-Dawalibi
  • (1962)
  • (1962)
  • (1962–1963)
  • (1963) Salah al-Din Bitar
  • (1963–1965)
  • (1965–1966) Brahim Makhous
  • (1966) Salah al-Din Bitar
  • (1966–1968) Brahim Makhous
  • (1968–1969)
  • (1969–1970)
  • (1970–1984) Abdul-Halim Khaddam
  • (1984–2006) Farouk al-Sharaa
  • (2006–2020) Walid Muallem
  • (2020–present) Faisal Mekdad

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "الرئيس الأسد يصدر المرسوم رقم 221 لعام 2020 القاضي بتشكيل الحكومة الجديدة برئاسة المهندس حسين عرنوس". www.sana.sy. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  2. ^ "Foreign ministers S-Z". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
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