Sameh Shoukry
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Sameh Shoukry | |
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سامح شكري | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
Assumed office 17 June 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Ibrahim Mahlab Sherif Ismail[1] Mostafa Madbouly |
Preceded by | Nabil Fahmi |
Personal details | |
Born | Cairo, Egypt | 20 October 1952
Political party | Independent |
Spouse | Suzy Shoukry |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Ain Shams University |
Sameh Hassan Shoukry (
Career
From 1976 until 1978, Sameh Shoukry worked as Attaché in the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo.[2]
Between 1978 and 1982, he was the Third Secretary at the Embassy of Egypt in London, United Kingdom.[2]
In 1982, Shoukry became the Second Secretary of the Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.[3]
From 1984 until 1988, he served as First Secretary of the Embassy of Egypt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2]
Between 1988 and 1990, he was counselor of the Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.[2]
From 1990 until 1994, Shoukry worked as counselor of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations in New York.[4]
In 1994, he was director of the United States and Canada Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo.[2]
Shoukry was a member of the Delegation of Egypt to the 1995 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Review Conference.[5]
Between 1995 and 1999, he served as Secretary for Information and follow-up to the President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak.[3]
In 2000, he was Head of Delegation for the Negotiations on the International Treaty to Combat Transnational Organized Crime in Vienna.[4]
From 2001 until 2002, he worked as chairman of the Group of 77 & China to the International Organizations in Vienna.[4]
Between 1999 and 2003, Shoukry served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Egypt to Austria.[6]
In 2003, he became Assistant Foreign Minister and Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt.[6]
In 2004, he became Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt.[7]
Between 2005 and 2008, Shoukry was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva.[8]
From 2008 until 2012, he served as Ambassador of Egypt to the United States.[9][10]
Shoukry was the Sherpa to the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit and the 2014 Hague Nuclear Security Summit.[11]
Since 17 June 2014, he has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt.
In November 2022, he presided over the United Nations Climate Change Conference.[12]
Personal life
He is married to Suzy Shoukry, and has two sons. He obtained a law degree from Ain Shams University in 1975.[13] A career diplomat, he had ostensibly retired prior to being appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2014. He speaks Arabic, English and Spanish.
See also
References
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- ^ a b c "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EGYPT PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG | UN GENEVA". www.ungeneva.org. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Preparatory Committee for the 1995 Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons" (PDF). Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Sameh Hassan Shoukry". www.berlinglobal.org. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ Egypt's Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis by Ahmed Aboul Gheit - Ebook | Scribd.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF EGYPT DELIVERED BY H.E. AMBASSADOR SAMEH SHOUKRY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EGYPT AT THE NINETY-SECOND SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM) COUNCIL" (PDF). International Organization for Migration. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "Obama looks to Mubarak for help in Mideast peace". Reuters. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Egyptians Living Abroad Cast Votes for New President". VOA. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Board of Trustees - Bibliotheca Alexandrina". www.bibalex.org. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "NGO urges leaders in COP27 to discuss 'plant-based treaty'". Al Jazeera English. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Biography". Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 19 February 2015.