Joseph Sweid (born 1958) has been Syrian Minister of State since 2011 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 ConstitutionalSecretary of the Political Bureau of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.