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Sameh Shoukry
سامح شكري
Shoukry in 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
17 June 2014
Prime MinisterIbrahim Mahlab
Sherif Ismail[1]
Mostafa Madbouly
Preceded byNabil Fahmi
Personal details
Born (1952-10-20) 20 October 1952 (age 71)
Cairo, Egypt
Political partyIndependent
SpouseSuzy Shoukry
Children2
Alma materAin Shams University

Sameh Hassan Shoukry (Arabic: سامح شكري; born 20 October 1952) is an Egyptian diplomat who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2014. Previously, Shoukry served as the Ambassador of Egypt to the United States from 2008 to 2012.

Career

Shoukry (left) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2019

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

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References

  1. ^ "Egypt's Sherif Ismail cabinet with 16 new faces sworn in by President Sisi". Ahram Online. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e "AllGov - Officials". www.allgov.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "CURRICULUM VITAE OF HIS EXCELLENCY MR. SAMEH HASSAN SHOUKRY, AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EGYPT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE G-77 - VIENNA CHAPTER 2001" (PDF). Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EGYPT PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG | UN GENEVA". www.ungeneva.org. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Preparatory Committee for the 1995 Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons" (PDF). Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Sameh Hassan Shoukry". www.berlinglobal.org. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  7. ^ Egypt's Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis by Ahmed Aboul Gheit - Ebook | Scribd.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Obama looks to Mubarak for help in Mideast peace". Reuters. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Egyptians Living Abroad Cast Votes for New President". VOA. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Board of Trustees - Bibliotheca Alexandrina". www.bibalex.org. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  12. ^ "NGO urges leaders in COP27 to discuss 'plant-based treaty'". Al Jazeera English. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Biography". Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
Political offices Preceded byNabil Fahmi Minister of Foreign Affairs 2014–present Incumbent


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