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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.

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