Joseph Sweid
Joseph Sweid | |
|---|---|
جوزيف سويد | |
| Minister of State | |
| In office 14 April 2011 – 10 August 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Adel Safar Riyad Farid Hijab Wael Nader al-Halqi |
| 2nd Minister of Expatriates | |
| In office 30 July 2008 – 29 March 2011 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Najji Outri |
| Preceded by | Bouthaina Shaaban |
| Succeeded by | Walid Muallem |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 (age 67–68) |
| Party | Syrian Social Nationalist Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Damascus |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Joseph Sweid (Arabic: جوزيف سويد; born in 1958) is a retired Syrian politician. Between 2011 and 2014, he was Syrian Minister of State and a member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. He has served as the Minister of Expatriates.
Sweid was born in Damascus in 1958. He earned his LLB degree at the University of Damascus in 1983, afterwards practicing law.
Sweid became a member of the People's Assembly in 2003, serving on the Committees of Foreign Affairs. He was also Constitutional Secretary of the Political Bureau of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. He is married and has two children.
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- 1958 births
- Politicians from Damascus
- Living people
- Syrian Social Nationalist Party politicians
- Damascus University alumni
- Ministers of state of Syria
- Ministers of expatriates of Syria
- Members of the People's Assembly of Syria
- Syrian individuals subject to European Union sanctions
- Syrian individuals subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions