Back أحمد أبو الغيط Arabic احمد ابو الغيط ARZ Ахмед Абул Гейт Bulgarian ئەحمەد ئەبولغەیت CKB Ahmed Aboul Gheit German Ahmed Abul Geit EO Ahmed Aboul Gheit Spanish احمد ابوالغیط FA Ahmed Aboul Gheit Finnish Ahmed Aboul Gheit French
Ahmed Aboul Gheit | |
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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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- ^ "Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit reappointed". Arab News. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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- ^ "Breaking News". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ "Arab League names Egypt's Ahmed Aboul Gheit as new chief". Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "HE Ahmed Aboul Gheit | ATF". arabthought.org. Retrieved 4 March 2021.