Early Career
Between 1976 and 1980, al-Sharaa served as Syria's diplomat in Italy, and in 1980 he was named deputy foreign minister. In 1984 al-Sharaa was apponited acting minister of informations. In March 1984, Hafez al-Assad, at the time president of Syria, named him foreign minister, a position that he will hold until February 2006.
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