Walid al Muallem (born 1941) is the current foreign minister of Syria and a long-time diplomat for that country. He took office as foreign minister on February 11 2006 during a cabinet reshuffle in which his predecessor Farouk al-Sharaa became vice-president. Muallem is a former ambassador to the United States and was serving as deputy foreign minister of Syria when he became foreign minister. Wikipedia
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