Joseph Sweid جوزيف سويد | |
Office: | Minister of State |
Primeminister: | Adel Safar Riyad Farid Hijab Wael Nader al-Halqi |
Term Start: | 14 April 2011 |
Term End: | 10 August 2014 |
Office2: | 2nd Minister of Expatriates |
President2: | Bashar al-Assad |
Primeminister2: | Mohammad Najji Outri |
Term Start2: | 30 July 2008 |
Term End2: | 29 March 2011 |
Predecessor2: | Bouthaina Shaaban |
Successor2: | Walid Muallem |
Birth Place: | Damascus, United Arab Republic |
Alma Mater: | University of Damascus |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Children: | 2 |
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 ConstitutionalSecretary of the Political Bureau of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. He is married and has two children.