Faisal Mekdad

His Excellency
Faisal Mekdad
His Excellency Faisal Mekdad
فيصل المقداد
	Mekdad in 2017
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 November 2020
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Hussein Arnous
Preceded by	Walid Muallem
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; 2003 – 31 July 2006
Preceded by	Mikhail Wehbe
Succeeded by	Bashar Jaafari
Member of the Central Committee of the Ba'ath Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 May 2024
Personal details
Born	5 February 1954 (age 70); Ghasm, Daraa Governorate, Syria
Political party	Ba'ath Party
Children	3
Residence	Damascus
Alma mater	Damascus University; Charles University in Prague
Profession	Politician, Diplomat

Faisal Mekdad (Arabic: فيصل المقداد; born 5 February 1954)^[1] is a Syrian diplomat and politician who has been Foreign Minister of Syria since 2020. He served as Syria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2003 until 2006.^[2]