The 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.
List of ministers of foreign affairs 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
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
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 Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office Salah al-Din al-Bitar 1963 1963 Ba'ath Party al-Bitar I–III Hassan Mraywed 1963 1965 2 years Ba'ath Party al-Hafiz Ial-Bitar IVal-Hafiz II Ibrahim Makhous 22 September 1965 21 December 1965 Ba'ath Party Zuayyin I Salah al-Din al-Bitar 21 December 1965 1 March 1966 Ba'ath Party al-Bitar V Ibrahim Makhous 1 March 1966 29 October 1968 Ba'ath Party Zuayyin II Muhammad Eid Ashawi 1968 1969 1 year Ba'ath Party al-Atassi Mustapha al-Said 1969 1970 1 year Ba'ath Party al-Atassi Abdul Halim Khaddam 5 July 1970 1 March 1984 Ba'ath Party al-Atassi[...]al-Kasm I Farouk al-Sharaa 1 March 1984 21 February 2006 Ba'ath Party al-Kasm II[...]al-Otari Walid Muallem 21 February 2006 16 November 2020 Ba'ath Party al-Otari[...]Arnous I Faisal Mekdad 22 November 2020 23 September 2024 Ba'ath Party Arnous I–II Bassam al-Sabbagh 23 September 2024 10 December 2024 Ba'ath Party al-Jalali
Transitional period (2024–present) Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office Asaad al-Shaibani 21 December 2024 Incumbent HTS Caretaker Independent Transitional
See also Foreign relations of Syria President of Syria List of presidents of Syria Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria Government of Syria
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