Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, وزارة الخارجية والمغتربين) is a

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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 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 cou ...

s of Syria since 1920:

Arab Kingdom of Syria (1918–1920)

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

Alaa ad-Din ad-Durubi Alaa al-Din Pasha bin Abdul Hamid Pasha al-Droubi (1870 – 21 August 1920) was a Syrians, Syrian politician who served as Prime Minister of Syria for a month before his assassination in 1920. Biography Born in Homs (Syria), in a well-known fa ...

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 *(1941–1943)

*(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 Ameri ...

*(1943–1945) Jamil Mardam Bey *(1945)

Mikhail Ilyan Mikhail Ilyan (Arabic: ميخائيل اليان), was a Syrian politician who served as foreign minister of Syria in the 1940s. Biography He was born in Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto ...

*(1945–1946)

Syrian Republic (1946–1958)

*(1946–1947)

*(1947–1948) Jamil Mardam Bey *(1948)

Muhsin al-Barazi Muhsin al-Barazi ( ar, محسن البرازي; 1904 – 14 August 1949) was a Kurdish Syrian lawyer, academic and politician. He served a short term as a 24th Prime Minister of Syria in 1949 and was executed after a coup d'état overthrew his go ...

*(1948–1949) Khalid al-Azm *(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)

*(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)

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 Paris ...

*(1961–1962)

Maaruf al-Dawalibi Maarouf al-Dawalibi ( ar, معروف الدواليبي, Maʿrūf al-Dawālībī; 29 March 1909 – 15 August 2004), was a Syrian politician and was twice the prime minister of Syria. He was born in Aleppo, and held a Ph.D. in Law. He served as a ...

*(1962)

Adnan Azhari Adnan ( ar, عدنان, 'adnān) is the traditional ancestor of the Adnanites, Adnanite Arabs of Northern, Western, Eastern and Central Arabian Peninsula, Arabia, as opposed to the Qahtanite, Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia who descend from Q ...

*(1962) Jamal al-Farra *(1962–1963) Assad Mahassen *(1963) Salah al-Din Bitar *(1963–1965)

Hassan Mraywed Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scottis ...

*(1965–1966)

Brahim Makhous Ibrahim Makhūs or Ibrahim Makhous or Brahim Makhous and ar , إبراهيم ماخوس (1925-2013) was a Syrian Syrian Baathist politician who sat on the Regional Command from 1966 to 1970. He served as foreign minister during Salah Jadid's r ...

*(1966) Salah al-Din Bitar *(1966–1968)

*(1968–1969)

Muhammad Eid Ashawi Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mono ...

*(1969–1970)

Mustapha al-Said Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى , Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of Prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in the Muslim world. Given name Mo ...

*(1970–1984)

Abdul-Halim Khaddam Abdul Halim Khaddam ( ; ar, عبد الحليم خدام; 15 September 1932 – 31 March 2020) was a Syrian politician who was Vice President of Syria and "High Commissioner" to Lebanon from 1984 to 2005. He was long known as a loyalist of Hafez ...

*(1984–2006) Farouk al-Sharaa *(2006–2020) Walid Muallem *(2020–present) Faisal Mekdad

References

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