Himself (as Minister of Foreign Affairs) Joseph Sweid (as Minister of Expatriates)
Succeeded by
Faisal Mekdad[1]
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 21 February 2006 – 29 March 2011
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 Abdul Halim Khaddam (Acting) Bashar al-Assad
Preceded by
Rafic Jouejati
Succeeded by
Rustum Al-Zubi
Personal details
Born
Walid Mohi Edine al Muallem
(1941-01-13)13 January 1941 Damascus, Syria
Died
16 November 2020(2020-11-16) (aged 79) Damascus, Syria
Political party
Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Other political affiliations
National Progressive Front
Spouse
Sawsan Khayat
Children
3
Nickname
Abu Tarek
Walid Mohi Edine al Muallem[2] (Arabic: وليد محيي الدين المعلمWalīd Muḥīyy ad-Dīn al-Muʿallam; 13 January 1941 – 16 November 2020) was a Syrian diplomat and Ba'ath Party member who served as foreign minister from 2006 to 2020 and as deputy prime minister from 2012 to 2020.
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Walid Mohi Edine al Muallem (Arabic: وليد محيي الدين المعلم Walīd Muḥīyy ad-Dīn al-Muʿallam; 13 January 1941 – 16 November 2020) was a Syrian diplomat...
Mekdad became the Minister of Foreign Affairs, following the death of WalidMuallem. Mekdad has denied accusations of his government's alleged crackdown...
military conflict was occurring. On June 23, Syrian Foreign Minister, WalidMuallem, held a press conference and mentioned that the United States seeks...
consider this criminal and terrorist aggression." Syrian foreign minister WalidMuallem Syria summoned the U.S. and Iraqi chargés d'affaires to Damascus to...
an Al Jazeera English news programme showing Syrian Foreign Minister WalidMuallem in 2011. A lower third at the bottom of the screen identifies him and...
Culture in the First Wael al-Halqi government. Following the death of WalidMuallem on November 16, Presidential Decree No. 322 of November 22, 2020 was...
In April 2007, Pelosi visited Syria, where she met Foreign Minister WalidMuallem, Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa and President Bashar Al-Assad, despite...
ties with Iran and Hezbollah. In response, Syrian Foreign Minister WalidMuallem demanded that Israel unconditionally cede the Golan Heights "on a silver...
Damascus. In response, the Syrian delegation walked out while Syrian FM WalidMuallem accused Morsi of "inciting the shedding of Syrian blood." In October...
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice then met with Syrian Foreign Minister WalidMuallem in Egypt, in the first contact at this level for two years. An Israeli...
leader of the terrorist organisation al-Qaeda at the time of his death. WalidMuallem, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates...
journalists from various Arab countries. Syria's Foreign Minister, WalidMuallem, however, said the warrants were "purely procedural." In 2010, al Sayyed...
the United States attack on Abu Kamal, the Syrian Foreign Minister WalidMuallem defined terrorism as "Killing civilians in international law means a...
Lutfi al-Haffar Mohammad al-Hussein Abdul Halim Khaddam Qadri Jamil WalidMuallem Abd al-Qadir Qaddura Khalid Raad Farouk al-Sharaa Mustafa Tlass Salim...
people were killed, four of them children. The Syrian Foreign Minister WalidMuallem stated that "Killing civilians in international law means a terrorist...
graduated with a BA in history in 1964. Hoda ElMaraghy (born 1945) WalidMuallem, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates...
Special Forces) General Major Fahd Jassem al-Freij, Foreign Minister WalidMuallem and Major General Mohammad al-Shaar, an Interior Minister, are some...
1975. In 2018, a meeting took place between José Condungua Pacheco and WalidMuallem. Niger 13 September 1966 Both countries established diplomatic relations...
policies and always look for scapegoats." Syria's Foreign Minister WalidMuallem stated that Iran and Syria's shared borders with Iraq meant they benefitted...
of Israeli war crimes during the Gaza War. Syrian Foreign Minister WalidMuallem said, "Unfortunately, some official pirates in the seas, sometimes in...
Minister Assef Shawkat Deputy Defense Minister and Intelligence head WalidMuallem Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Riad al-Asaad Free Syrian Army...
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