Ahmed Aboul Gheit | |
|---|---|
أحمد أبو الغيط | |
.jpg) Aboul Gheit in 2023 | |
| 8th Secretary-General of the Arab League | |
| Assumed office 3 July 2016 | |
| Deputy | Ahmed Ben Helli |
| Preceded by | Nabil Elaraby |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 11 July 2004 – 6 March 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Nazif Ahmed Shafik |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Maher |
| Succeeded by | Nabil Elaraby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1942 Cairo, Egypt |
| Alma mater | Ain Shams University |
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.
He was awarded the French Legion d'Honneur, first rank in 2002.[7]
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