Ahmed Aboul Gheit

At-a-Glance

Serves as Secretary-General of the Arab League since July 2016, reappointed for a second term in March 2021.
Served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt from July 2004 to March 2011.
Was Egypt's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1999 to 2004.
Participated in the negotiations of the 1978 Camp David Accords.
Awarded the French Legion d'Honneur, first rank, in 2002.
Studied business at Ain Shams University, Cairo.

Biography

Ahmed Aboul Gheit is an Egyptian politician and diplomat currently serving as the Secretary-General of the Arab League, a position he has held since July 2016 and was reappointed for a second term in March 2021. Prior to this, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt from July 2004 to March 2011, a period that concluded with the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.

Aboul Gheit began his diplomatic career in 1965 after studying business at Ain Shams University in Cairo.