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Walid al Muallem (born 1941) is the current foreign minister of Syria and a long-time diplomat for that country.
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.
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.