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Ahmed Aboul Gheit

Ahmed Aboul Gheit (Arabic: أحمد أبو الغيط [ˈæħmæd æbolˈɣeːtˤ], also: Abu al-Ghayt, Abu El Gheyt) (born 12 June 1942) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat. He has been Secretary-General of the Arab League since July 2016.[1] He was reappointed for a second term on 3 March 2021.[2] Aboul-Gheit served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt from 11 July 2004 to 6 March 2011. Previously, between 1999 and 2004,[3] he was Egypt's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.[4] He was succeeded as Minister of Foreign Affairs by ICJ judge Nabil Elaraby in March 2011, following the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.[5] He was elected Secretary-General of the Arab League in March 2016,[6] and his term commenced on 3 July 2016.

Ahmed Aboul Gheit

Ahmed Ben Helli

Nabil Elaraby

Ahmed Nazif
Ahmed Shafik

Ahmad Maher

Nabil Elaraby

(1942-06-12) 12 June 1942
Cairo, Egypt

Ain Shams University

He was awarded the French Legion d'Honneur, first rank in 2002.[7]

Biography[edit]

Ahmed Aboul Gheit was born in Heliopolis in Cairo on 12 June 1942,[8] He studied business at Ain Shams University, Cairo.

Egypt: Grand Cross of the

Order of the Republic (Egypt)

Egypt: Grand Cross of the

Order of Merit (Egypt)

France: Grand Officer of the

Ordre national du Mérite

Italy: Commander of the

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Serbia: First Class of the

Order of the Serbian Flag

Russia: Medal of the

Order of Friendship

Egypt's Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis: My Testimony, Cairo, The American University in Cairo Press, 2019

Witness to War and Peace: Egypt, the October War, and Beyond, Cairo, The American University in Cairo Press, 2018