Faisal Mekdad | |
|---|---|
فيصل المقداد | |
.jpg) Mekdad in 2017 | |
| Vice President of Syria | |
| Assumed office 23 September 2024 Serving with Najah al-Attar | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Farouk al-Sharaa[1] |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates | |
| In office 22 November 2020 – 23 September 2024 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Hussein Arnous |
| Preceded by | Walid Muallem |
| Succeeded by | Bassam al-Sabbagh |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1 August 2006 – 22 November 2020 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Walid Muallem |
| Succeeded by | Bashar Jaafari |
| 13th Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations | |
| In office 18 September 2003 – 31 July 2006 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Wehbe |
| Succeeded by | Bashar Jaafari |
| Member of the Central Command of the Ba'ath Party | |
| Assumed office 4 May 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 February 1954 Ghasm, Daraa Governorate, Syria |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Damascus |
| Alma mater | Damascus University (BA) Charles University in Prague (PhD) |
| Profession | Politician, Diplomat |
Faisal Mekdad (Arabic: فيصل المقداد; born 5 February 1954)[2] is a Syrian diplomat and politician who has been Vice President of Syria since 2024. Between 2020 and 2024, he was also a Foreign Minister of Syria. He served as Syria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2003 until 2006.[3]
- ^ "Syria's Assad reappoints woman VP but mum on Sharaa". 20 July 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ السيرة الذاتية للدكتور فيصل المقداد وزير الخارجية والمغتربين (in Arabic)
- ^ "Syrians pressed on Hariri inquiry". BBC. 26 August 2005. Retrieved 10 December 2010.