"the upcoming 2011 presidential election. Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali expressed concern over a transitional period that could not be effective if it was forced too early. In that vein, he said the Mubarak should not leave immediately and that direct negotiations could bring about a solution. He also warned of an economic collapse saying that ""the Egyptian public is unaware of the impact such a crisis will have over the next few months. You can't effect a transition in 24 hours and at the same time avert the risk of uncontrollable chaos."" Amr Khaled, a Muslim televangelist, activist and"
"in Cairo, and the Secretary General of the League is traditionally an Egyptian. Former Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Araby is the present Secretary General of the Arab League. Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali served as Secretary General of the United Nations from 1991 to 1996. Egypt is on good terms with Libya, its western neighbor. Egypt has fairly good relations with Sudan, its southern neighbor, although it has a land dispute with Sudan over the Hala'ib Triangle, a small area of land on the Egypt-Sudan border on the Red Sea coast. Sudan claims the area. Egypt's policy on Sudan"
"Mohamed ElBaradei Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei (, "","" ; born 17 June 1942) is an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat who was the last Vice-President of Egypt serving on an interim basis from 14 July 2013 until his resignation on 14 August 2013. He was the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an intergovernmental organization under the auspices of the United Nations, from 1997 to 2009. He and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. ElBaradei was also prominently featured in the Western press regarding relatively recent politics in Egypt, particularly the 2011 revolution"
"also had the impression that el-Sisi supported a gradual move towards pluralism. While at the War College, Sisi sometimes led Friday prayers at the local mosque. Sisi described himself as ""a doctor whose diagnoses are sought after by top philosophers and prominent world leaders."" Written by Sisi when he was a Brigardier General: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi ( """" : born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician who is the sixth and current President of Egypt, in office since 2014. Field Marshal Sisi was born in Cairo and after joining the military, held a"
"at the Egyptian embassies in Berlin, Rome, Prague and Stockholm. Hassouna served as governor of Alexandria from 1942 to 1948, during which time the University of Alexandria was completed. He served as social affairs minister between 1949 and 1950 and then Minister of education and foreign affairs. He succeeded Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam at the Arab League in 1952 and served for the next 20 years. He was succeeded by Mahmoud Riad in 1972. Abdul Khalek Hassouna Mohammed Abdul Khalek Hassouna () (28 October 1898 – 20 January 1992) was an Egyptian diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of"
"United Nations Security Council Resolution 1090 United Nations Security Council resolution 1090, adopted without a vote at a closed meeting on 13 December 1996, having considered the question of the recommendation for the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Mr. Kofi Annan be appointed for a term of office from 1 January 1997, to 31 December 2001. Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian diplomat, was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. The United States had vetoed another term for his predecessor, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, due to lack of reform. It was the"
"Ahmed Aboul Gheit Ahmed Aboul Gheit ( , also: Abu al-Ghayt, Abu El Gheyt, etc.) (born 12 June 1942) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who has been Secretary-General of the Arab League since July 2016. Aboul-Gheit served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt from 11 July 2004 to 6 March 2011. Previously he was Egypt's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He was succeeded as Minister of Foreign Affairs by ICJ judge Nabil Elaraby in March 2011, following the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. He was elected Secretary-General of the Arab League in March 2016, and his"
"Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi ( """" : born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician who is the sixth and current President of Egypt, in office since 2014. Field Marshal Sisi was born in Cairo and after joining the military, held a post in Saudi Arabia before enrolling in the Egyptian Army's Command and Staff College. In 1992, Sisi trained at the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Watchfield, Oxfordshire, in the United Kingdom, and then in 2006 trained at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Sisi served as a mechanized"
"middle of the conversation, Chidzero abruptly switched to French to show that he was a serious candidate. Boutros-Ghali joked that he would be favoured by France because he could also ""speak English with a French accent."" Neither candidate was vetoed in the straw polls. In 1996, the French Ambassador said of the next Secretary-General, ""We hope he will come from Africa and very likely, he will speak French."" France initially vetoed every candidate from a non-French speaking country. However, it eventually allowed Kofi Annan, who spoke French but was born in English-speaking Ghana, to become Secretary-General. In 2006, Shashi Tharoor"
"a member of the International Olympic Committee since 1998. Mounir Sabet Mounir Sabet (sometimes spelled Mounir Thabet) () (born 29 October 1936) is an Egyptian general and sports official. Born in the Upper Egyptian city of Qena, Mounir Sabet is the son of Saleh Sabet, an Egyptian pediatrician, and his Welsh wife Lily May Palmer. Mounir Sabet's sister Suzanne is the wife of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, thus the former First Lady of Egypt. Mounir Sabet was a member of the 1965 Egyptian national shooting team. He served as president of the Egyptian Olympic Committee from 1990 to 1993,"
"Muhammad Shaaban Muhammad Shaaban (born on 13 June 1942) is a career Egyptian diplomat who served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management, until July 2012. He was appointed to the position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in February 2007. Shaaban has acquired extensive knowledge about the United Nations. From 1984 to 1988, he served as Egypt's representative to the Second Committee of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and several intergovernmental bodies and committees. Between 1985 and 1986, he acted as the Coordinator of the ""Group of"
"Mounir Sabet Mounir Sabet (sometimes spelled Mounir Thabet) () (born 29 October 1936) is an Egyptian general and sports official. Born in the Upper Egyptian city of Qena, Mounir Sabet is the son of Saleh Sabet, an Egyptian pediatrician, and his Welsh wife Lily May Palmer. Mounir Sabet's sister Suzanne is the wife of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, thus the former First Lady of Egypt. Mounir Sabet was a member of the 1965 Egyptian national shooting team. He served as president of the Egyptian Olympic Committee from 1990 to 1993, and again from 1996 to 2009. He has been"
"Kofi Annan Kofi Atta Annan (; 8 April 193818 August 2018), was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as chairman of The Elders, an international organization founded by Nelson Mandela. Annan went on to study economics at Macalester College, international relations from the Graduate Institute Geneva and management at MIT. Annan joined the UN in 1962, working for the World Health"
"Boutros-Ghali, was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996. Upon graduation, Boutros-Ghali joined the International Monetary Fund as an EP (Economist Program). He became Senior Economist. He worked in both area and functional departments: first in the Middle East Department (MED) and later in Policy and Development Review (PDR) on Asian, Latin American and Middle Eastern countries. He gained profound knowledge of the economic problems and policy challenges of countries as diverse as the Sudan, Ivory Coast, the Philippines, China, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico. He also did background work on the Latin American debt crisis of"
"Arab state to establish diplomatic relations with the state of Israel, after the signing of the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty at the Camp David Accords. Egypt has a major influence amongst other Arab states, and has historically played an important role as a mediator in resolving disputes between various Arab nations, and in the Israeli–Palestinian dispute. Most Arab nations still give credence to Egypt playing that role, though its effects are often limited. Former Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali served as Secretary General of the United Nations from 1991 to 1996. A territorial dispute with Sudan over an area known"
"Egypt, in 1988. With Lulwa Al Awadhi, she was one of the first two women in Bahrain to practice law when she was admitted as a lawyer in Bahrain in 1979. She set up her own practise and is the founder of the Haya Rashed Al Khalifa Law Firm. From 1997 to 1999, she was the vice chairwoman of the International Bar Association. She is the legal advisor to Bahrain's royal court and is a Global Advisors to Orphans International. Haya was the President of the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly which began on September 12, 2006,"
"Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser (; born 15 September 1952) is a Qatari diplomat and the former permanent representative of Qatar to the United Nations, appointed on 11 September 1998. Prior to this office at the United Nations, Al-Nasser had served as the ambassador to Jordan from 1993. He worked for his country's foreign affairs department beginning in November 1972. He was the President of the Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly from 14 September 2011 to 18 September 2012. Al-Nasser was born on 15 September 1952 in Doha, Qatar. He was educated in Lebanon and Qatar,"
"Samir Shihabi Samir al Shihabi, (27 May 1925 – 25 August 2010) served as President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1991 to 1992. Shihabi was born on 27 May 1925. He studied at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, as well as Yale Law School and the American University of Cairo. One of the most prominent Saudi diplomats of his generation, Shihabi joined the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1949. He rose quickly to become Charge d'Affairs in Italy in 1959 and then served as Saudi Ambassador to Turkey from 1964 to 1973, Ambassador to Somalia for six"
"United States. After four deadlocked meetings of the Security Council, Boutros-Ghali suspended his candidacy, becoming the only Secretary-General ever to be denied a second term. Annan was the leading candidate to replace him, beating Amara Essy by one vote in the first round. However, France vetoed Annan four times before finally abstaining. The UN Security Council recommended Annan on 13 December 1996. Confirmed four days later by the vote of the General Assembly, he started his first term as Secretary-General on 1 January 1997. Due to Boutros-Ghali's overthrow, a second Annan term would give Africa the office of Secretary-General for"
"Amr Moussa Amr Moussa (, , Amr Muhammad Moussa; born 3 October 1936) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the Secretary-General of the Arab League, a 22-member forum representing Arab states, from 1 June 2001 to 1 June 2011. Previously he served in the government of Egypt as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 2001. On 8 September 2013, he was elected president of the committee of 50 that will amend the Egyptian constitution. He was born on 3 October 1936 in Cairo, Egypt, the son of former parliamentarian Muhammad Moussa. His father also had a son"
"venue, from 11–12 September 2018. A private burial followed the funeral service at the new Military Cemetery at Burma Camp, with full military honours – the sounding of the Last Post by army buglers and a 17-gun salute. Kofi Annan Kofi Atta Annan (; 8 April 193818 August 2018), was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as chairman of The Elders,"
"Nasser Kamel Nasser Kamel (born July 1959) is a renowned Egyptian diplomat. He currently serves as the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean., bringing more than three decades of experience in Euro-Mediterranean relations to the role. His previous stints include ambassadorial postings in London and Paris as well as serving as Deputy Foreign Minister of Egypt for North African and Middle Eastern Affairs. Ambassador Kamel studied Political Science in Brussels University and Cairo University's Faculty of Economics and Political Science where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1981. Ambassador Kamel also holds a master's degree in International"
"arms, demobilisation, prevention of catastrophes and assistance to countries seeking to adapt their programmes to post-crisis situations. Charpentier also served as Coordinator of the UN System and Resident Representative in Burkina Faso since 2004. In 2006, he went to Burundi to help prepare for the creation of the UN Integrated Office in Burundi. Charpentier has a Master's Degree in Economics (1981) from Helsinki University. Georg Charpentier Georg Charpentier (born in El Salvador, on 11 August 1956) currently serves as United Nations Deputy Special Representative and Resident Coordinator in Libya. He was appointed to this position by the United Nations Secretary-General"
"first time that a Security Council resolution had been adopted by acclamation. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1090 United Nations Security Council resolution 1090, adopted without a vote at a closed meeting on 13 December 1996, having considered the question of the recommendation for the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Mr. Kofi Annan be appointed for a term of office from 1 January 1997, to 31 December 2001. Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian diplomat, was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. The United States had vetoed another term for"
"the Organisation internationale de la francophonie, since 1983. Former Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1991 to 1996. In 2008, Egypt was estimated to have two million African refugees, including over 20,000 Sudanese nationals registered with UNHCR as refugees fleeing armed conflict or asylum seekers. Egypt adopted ""harsh, sometimes lethal"" methods of border control. Egypt is divided into 27 governorates. The governorates are further divided into regions. The regions contain towns and villages. Each governorate has a capital, sometimes carrying the same name as the governorate. Egypt's economy depends mainly on agriculture,"
"Moushira Khattab Ambassador Moushira Mahmoud Khattab is an Egyptian politician and diplomat born in 1944. She is the former Minister of Family & Population of, Former Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador of Egypt to the South Africa, the Czech Republic and Slovakia as well serving in Egypt’s diplomatic missions in Australia, Hungary, Austria and the United Nations in New York and Vienna. She is also a human rights activist advocating the rights of children and women and the former Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child based at the UN Headquarters in Geneva. On 19"
"Egyptian diplomat Dr Ahmed Hussein. She died in 2015. Aziza Shukri Hussein Aziza Shukri Hussein, also spelt as Aziza Shukri Husayn, (30 May 1919 - 2015) was an Egyptian social welfare expert and leading advocate of family planning. She was active in Egypt’s feminist movement. In 1962 Hussein became the first woman to represent Egypt at the United Nations and served on its Status of Women Commission for fifteen years. She received her honorary degrees from the University of Maine and the American University in Cairo. Hussein was born in Zifta; her Egyptian father was a surgeon and her mother"
"the Sudan. Haile Menkerios Haile Menkerios (born October 1, 1946) is an Eritrean diplomat who has served as the Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) and as Special Representative to the African Union, at the level of Under-Secretary-General, since 2013. He was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 17 May 2013. Menkerios previously served as the United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan and South Sudan at the level of Under-Secretary-General. He was the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs. Studying in the United States, Menkerios earned a bachelor's"
"returned to Egypt in 1991 after treaty opponents reconciled with Cairo and resumed diplomatic ties. He is the author of three books. His most prominent book titled ""The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East"" was translated to English and published in London, England 1982 (). Mahmoud Riad Mahmoud Riad () (January 8, 1917 – January 25, 1992) was an Egyptian diplomat. He was Egyptian ambassador to United Nations from 1962 to 1964, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1964 to 1972, and Secretary-General of the League of Arab States from 1972 to 1979. An army officer turned diplomat, Riad"
"Abdel Meguid Mahmoud Abdel Meguid Mahmoud (; born 1946) was the Egypt Attorney General from 2006 to 5 July 2013. He was removed from office by Mohamed Morsi the President of Egypt on 22 November 2012 after a constitutional declaration made by the president. On 2 July 2013, the Egyptian Court of Cassation deemed his removal illegal and reinstated him again as the general prosecutor of Egypt. On 3 July 2013, President Morsi was deposed in a coup d'état by the military and Mahmoud subsequently resigned on 5 July 2013 shortly after being reinstated to “avoid the embarrassment of making"
"Mahmoud Riad Mahmoud Riad () (January 8, 1917 – January 25, 1992) was an Egyptian diplomat. He was Egyptian ambassador to United Nations from 1962 to 1964, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1964 to 1972, and Secretary-General of the League of Arab States from 1972 to 1979. An army officer turned diplomat, Riad was considered an expert on Arab affairs. After fighting in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, he was a member of the Egyptian delegation that signed the 1949 armistice with Israel. Following nine years of service in the army, Riad joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1952"
"and quickly climbed through the diplomatic ranks. He became Ambassador to Syria in 1955 and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 1962. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1964 to 1972. He was elected Secretary General of the League of Arab States in 1972, succeeding Abdul Khalek Hassouna, also an Egyptian. Riad relinquished the League of Arab States post in 1979 at the height of a crisis caused by Egypt's signing a peace treaty with Israel. Most Arab countries broke relations with Egypt over the treaty, and league headquarters were moved from Cairo to Tunisia. The headquarters"
"Nabil Elaraby Nabil Elaraby (Arabic: نبيل العربي; born 15 March 1935) is an Egyptian diplomat who was Secretary-General of the Arab League from 1 July 2011 to 3 July 2016. Previously, he was Foreign Affairs Minister of Egypt in Essam Sharaf's government from March to June 2011. Elaraby was born on 15 March 1935. He holds a J.S.D. (1971) and an LL.M. (1969) from New York University School of Law and a ""law degree"" from Cairo University's Faculty of Law (1955). Elaraby is a partner at Zaki Hashem & Partners in Cairo, specializing in negotiations and arbitration. Elaraby was legal"