Mohamed Orabi
Mohamed Orabi | |
|---|---|
 Orabi | |
| Foreign Minister of Egypt | |
| In office 18 June 2011 – 18 July 2011 | |
| President | Hussein Tantawi (Acting) |
| Prime Minister | Essam Sharaf |
| Preceded by | Nabil el-Araby |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Kamel Amr |
| Deputy Foreign Minister of Egypt | |
| In office 6 March 2011 – 18 June 2011 | |
| President | Hussein Tantawi (Acting) |
| Prime Minister | Essam Sharaf |
| Preceded by | Faiza Abu El-Naga |
| Succeeded by | Nasser Hashemi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 74–75) Cairo, Egypt |
Mohamed Orabi (Arabic: محمد العرابي; born 1951)[1] is an Egyptian diplomat and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Egypt in Essam Sharaf's cabinet from 18 June 2011 to 18 July 2011.[2]
Career
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Orabi worked in the Egyptian Army before joining the foreign service in 1976,[3] establishing himself as a career diplomat.[4] He served as the deputy chief of the Egyptian mission in Israel from 1994 to 1998 and in the US.[5] He also served in Kuwait and the United Kingdom as an Egyptian diplomat.[6] In 2000, he became the chief of the cabinet of the foreign minister with Amr Moussa[4] and served as the Egyptian ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2008.[3] Afterwards, he acted as assistant foreign minister for economic affairs.[4]
In June 2011, Orabi was appointed foreign minister, replacing Nabil Al Arabi.[3] However, he resigned from this position in July 2011[7] and was succeeded by Mohamed Kamel Amr.[8]
In 2015, Orabi ran for parliamentary elections and won. He served a full term as a deputy in the House of Representatives and presided over its foreign affairs committee for a few years. He did not run for another term in the 2020 elections and thus wasn't rejected for another parliamentary term.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mohamed al-Orabi". Youm7. 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ↑ Egypt's foreign minister resigns, Ahram Online, 17 July 2011
- 1 2 3 "Official: Egypt's foreign minister quits after less than month on job". CNN. Cairo. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- 1 2 3 Dina Ezzat (19 June 2011). "Meet Mohamed El-Orabi, Egypt's new foreign minister". Ahram Online. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ↑ Dina Ezzat (21 October 2012). "Morsi could have appointed diplomat to Israel differently: Former FM Orabi". Ahram Online. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ↑ "Political tensions grow as former ambassador to U.S. is appointed foreign minister". Los Angeles Times. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ↑ Ibrahim Badawy; Samar Samir (19 July 2011). "Orabi re-appointed as Egypt's Foreign Minister". Youm7. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ↑ Li Laifang; Marwa Yehia (18 July 2011). "Egypt's new cabinet unveils". Xinhua. Cairo. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
