Joseph Sweid

Joseph Sweid
جوزيف سويد
Minister of State
In office
14 April 2011 – 10 August 2014
Prime MinisterAdel Safar
Riyad Farid Hijab
Wael Nader al-Halqi
2nd Minister of Expatriates
In office
30 July 2008 – 29 March 2011
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterMohammad Najji Outri
Preceded byBouthaina Shaaban
Succeeded byWalid Muallem
Personal details
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Damascus, United Arab Republic
Political partySyrian Social Nationalist Party
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Damascus
ProfessionLawyer

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.