Walid Muallem
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Walid al Muallem (born 1941) is the current foreign minister of Syria and a long-time diplomat for that country.
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[edit] Background
Muallem is a former ambassador to the United States and at the time of his appointment as foreign minister of Syria was serving as deputy foreign minister.
[edit] Syrian Foreign Minister
He took office as foreign minister on February 11, 2006 during a cabinet reshuffle in which his predecessor Farouk al-Sharaa became vice-president. He currently resides in Damascus.