Walid Muallem

Walid Muallem وليد المعلم
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 April 2011
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Adel Safar
Preceded by	Himself (as Minister of Foreign Affairs) Joseph Sweid (as Minister of Expatriates)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 21 February 2006 – 29 March 2011
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Muhammad Naji al-Otari
Preceded by	Farouk al-Sharaa
Succeeded by	Himself (as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates)
Ambassador of Syria to the United States
In office 1 January 1990 – 31 December 2000
President	Hafez al-Assad
Preceded by	Rafic Jouejati
Succeeded by	Rustum Al-Zubi
Personal details
Born	January 13, 1941 (1941-01-13) (age 70) Damascus, Syria
Political party	Baath Party
Residence	Damascus

Walid al Muallem (Arabic: وليد المعلم‎) (born 13 January 1941) is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates for Syria, and a long-time diplomat for that country.

Early life, education and career

Muallem is a former Ambassador of Syria to the United States and at the time of his appointment as foreign minister was serving as deputy foreign minister. He took office as foreign minister on 11 February 2006 during a cabinet reshuffle in which his predecessor Farouk al-Sharaa became vice-president. He has been very involved in Israeli-Syrian negotiations, both before and during his tenure as foreign minister. He currently resides in Damascus. In August 2011, the US sanctioned Muallem together with other Syrian officials in response to Syria's crackdown against anti-government protesters.

See also

• Cabinet of Syria
• Foreign relations of Syria

References

• Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem, SANA
• Biography of the new Syrian government 2011 - the names and lives of government ministers, Syria FM, 17 April 2011

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs official government website
• Ministry of Expatriates official government website
• Profile at Arab Decision
• "Fresh Light on the Syrian-Israeli Peace Negotiations", Journal of Palestine Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Winter 1997, interview
• Statement to the 61st General Assembly, United Nations, 26 September 2006
• "Interview: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem", Foreign Policy, 10 June 2009

Political offices
Preceded by Farouk al-Sharaa	Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria 2006-present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Muallem, Walid
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Date of birth	13 January 1941
Place of birth	Damascus, Syria
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