Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Syria)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates is a Council of [Ministers (Syria)|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 Fall of the [Assad regime|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)
French Mandate for Syria">Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon">French Mandate for Syria and [First Syrian Republic] (1930–1950)
- Saadallah al-Jabiri
- Fayez al-Khoury
- Khalid al-Azm
- Fayez al-Khoury
- Naim Antaki
- Jamil Mardam Bey
- Mikhail Ilyan
- Saadallah al-Jabiri
- Naim Antaki
- Jamil Mardam Bey
- Muhsin al-Barazi
- Khalid al-Azm
- Adil Arslan
- Muhsin al-Barazi
- Nazim al-Kudsi
- Khalid al-Azm
[Second Syrian Republic] (1950–1958)
- Nazim al-Kudsi
- Khalid al-Azm
- Faydi al-Atassi
- Shakir al-As
- Zafir ar-Rifai
- Khalil Mardam Bey
- Izzat Sakkal
- Faydi al-Atassi
- Khalid al-Azm
- Said al-Ghazzi
- Salah al-Din al-Bitar