Nabil Fahmi (born 5 January 1951) is an
Egyptian
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diplomat and politician who served in the government of
Egypt
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as
minister of foreign affairs
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from June 2013 to July 2014.
Early life and education
Nabil Fahmi was born in New York on 5 January 1951.
[ His father, ]Ismail Fahmi
Ismail Fahmy ( arz, اسماعيل فهمى) (2 October 1922 – 21 November 1997) was an Egyptian diplomat and politician. He served as ambassador to Austria (1968–1971), tourism minister (1973), foreign minister (1973–1977) and deputy prim ...
, was Anwar Sadat
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...
's foreign minister from 1973 to 1977.
He holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and mathematics and a master's degree in management, both of which he received from the American University in Cairo
The American University in Cairo (AUC; ar, الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة, Al-Jāmi‘a al-’Amrīkiyya bi-l-Qāhira) is a private research university in Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs ...
in 1974 and 1976, respectively.
Career
Fahmi is a career diplomat. He served in the Egyptian cabinet from 1974 to 1978 in various posts, including deputy foreign minister.[ He also assumed the post of advisor to the ]Vice President of Egypt
The vice-president of the Arab Republic of Egypt is a senior official within the Egyptian government.
History of the office
Before 1971
In 1962, President Gamal Abdel Nasser instituted collective leadership in Egypt, separating the post of Pr ...
and was the secretary of the president for external communications from February 1974 to August 1976.[ He worked at the ]Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...
in different capacities, including member of the Egyptian mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva
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and New York and political advisor from August 1993 to September 1997.[ He served as the Ambassador of Egypt to Japan from September 1997 to September 1999. Next he served as the Ambassador of Egypt to the United States from October 1999 to September 2008.] Therefore, his term saw the September 11 attacks
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.
From 1999 to 2003 he was also among the members of the UN Secretary General's advisory board on disarmament issues and he was appointed chairman of the board in 2001. Upon returning to Cairo he was named Ambassador-at-Large at the ministry.[
After leaving his diplomatic post, he entered politics. He was a member of the Constitution Party headed by ]Mohamed ElBaradei
Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei ( ar, محمد مصطفى البرادعي, Muḥammad Muṣṭafá al-Barādaʿī, ; born 17 June 1942) is an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat who served as the vice president of Egypt on an interim basis from 14 July ...
. He also joined American University
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as a faculty member. He is also the founding dean of university's school of public affairs. In addition, he worked as the dean at the faculty. He was named non-resident chair of the Middle East project carried out by the James Martin center for nonproliferation studies in 2009. He was also a board member of McLarty associates.
On 14 July 2013, he announced that he accepted a proposal to become minister of foreign affairs in the interim government
A provisional government, also called an interim government, an emergency government, or a transitional government, is an emergency governmental authority set up to manage a political transition generally in the cases of a newly formed state or f ...
of Egypt led by Hazem Al Beblawi
Hazem El Beblawi (also spelled ''el Beblawy'' ar, حازم عبد العزيز الببلاوى ; born 17 October 1936) is an Egyptian economist and politician who was interim prime minister of Egypt from 2013 until 1 March 2014. Previousl ...
. He accepted the post after Mohamed Kamel Amr
Mohamed Kamel Amr (Arabic: محمد کامل عمرو, born 1 December 1942) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as Egypt's minister of foreign affairs between 2011 and 2013. He resigned from office on 30 June 2013.
Early life
Mr ...
had declared his intention not to continue in the post. On 16 July Fahmi's term as foreign minister began.[ Fahmi suspended his membership at the Constitution Party when he began to serve as foreign minister.]
Personal life
Fahmy is married and has three children. He publishes various articles in his blog at ''The Huffington Post
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''.
He was given an honorary PhD by the Monterey Institute of International Studies
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Established ...
, Middlebury College
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, in May 2009.[
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20th-century diplomats
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1951 births
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Living people
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