Mervat M. Tallawy ( arz, ميرڤت التلاوى ; born 1937) is an

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diplomat and

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. Mervat Tallawy holds a B.A. in

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and business administration from the American University in Cairo. She also completed studies at the

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(HEI) in

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, Switzerland. In 1963, she joined the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1985 to 1988, Ms. Tallawy was the deputy director of the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW). Subsequently, she was the ambassador of Egypt in

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, Austria, until 1991. From 1991 to 1993, she was assistant foreign minister. From 1993 to 1997, she served as Egypt's ambassador to Japan. Ms. Tallawy held the post of the Minister for Insurance and Social Affairs of Egypt from 1997 to 1999. On 22 November 2000, Mervat Tallawy was appointed

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and executive secretary of the

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(ESCWA). In 2007, she was succeeded by Bader Al-Dafa from Qatar. Tallawy is a board member of the

Sawiris Foundation for Social Development Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (Arabic: مؤسسة ساويرس للتنمية الإجتماعية) is an Egyptian charity organization linked with the Sawiris Family established in 2001 and a prominent institution of economic and soci ...

and an executive member of the 2011 founded left liberal

Egyptian Social Democratic Party The Egyptian Social Democratic Party ( ar-at, الحزب المصرى الديمقراطى الاجتماعى, al-Ḥizb al-Maṣrī al-Dimuqrāṭī al-Ijtmāʿī, ) is a social liberal and a social democratic party in Egypt. It was founded aft ...

.Presentation of the Board of Egyptian SDP
(in Arabic), EgySDP.com. Retrieved on 10 Sep 2011.

Honors

* Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star (2017)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tallawy, Mervat 1937 births Living people Ambassadors of Egypt to Japan Ambassadors of Egypt to Austria The American University in Cairo alumni Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni Social affairs ministers of Egypt Women government ministers of Egypt Egyptian officials of the United Nations Egyptian Social Democratic Party politicians Egyptian women diplomats Women ambassadors Expatriates in Switzerland People from Minya Governorate 20th-century Egyptian women politicians 20th-century Egyptian politicians