Joseph Sweid
Native nameجوزيف سويد
OfficeMinister of State
Prime ministerAdel Safar
Riyad Farid Hijab
Wael Nader al-Halqi
Term start14 April 2011
Term end10 August 2014
Office 22nd Minister of Expatriates
President 2Bashar al-Assad
Prime minister 2Mohammad Najji Outri
Term start 230 July 2008
Term end 229 March 2011
Predecessor 2Bouthaina Shaaban
Successor 2Walid Muallem
PartySyrian Social Nationalist Party
Birth date1958 (age 68–69)
Birth placeDamascus, United Arab Republic
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.

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