Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic () 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: Arab Kingdom of Syria (1918–1920) (1920) Awni Abd al-Hadi (1920) Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar (1920) Alaa ad-Din ad-Durubi French Mandate for Syria (1920–1946) (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 Syrian Republic (1946–1958) (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 (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 (1961–present) (1961) Maamun al-Kuzbari (1961) Izzat al-Nuss (1961–1962) Maaruf al-Dawalibi (1962) Adnan Azhari (1962) Jamal al-Farra (1962–1963) Assad Mahassen (1963) Salah al-Din Bitar (1963–1965) Hassan Mraywed (1965–1966) Brahim Makhous (1966) Salah al-Din Bitar (1966–1968) Brahim Makhous (1968–1969) Muhammad Eid Ashawi (1969–1970) Mustapha al-Said (1970–1984) Abdul-Halim Khaddam (1984–2006) Farouk al-Sharaa (2006–2020) Walid Muallem (2020–present) Faisal Mekdad See also President of Syria List of presidents of Syria Vice President of Syria Prime Minister of Syria List of prime ministers of Syria Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria Cabinet of Syria References Foreign ministers Foreign Affairs Diaspora ministries