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

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Career

From 1976 until 1978, Sameh Shoukry worked as Attaché in the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in

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. Between 1978 and 1982, he was the Third Secretary at the Embassy of Egypt in

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. In 1982, Shoukry became the Second Secretary of the Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister and

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. From 1984 until 1988, he served as First Secretary of the Embassy of Egypt in

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. Between 1988 and 1990, he was counselor of the Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. From 1990 until 1994, Shoukry worked as counselor of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations in

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. In 1994, he was director of the United States and Canada Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo. Shoukry was a member of the Delegation of Egypt to the 1995

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(NPT) Review Conference. Between 1995 and 1999, he served as Secretary for Information and follow-up to the President of Egypt,

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. In 2000, he was Head of Delegation for the Negotiations on the International Treaty to Combat Transnational Organized Crime in

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. From 2001 until 2002, he worked as chairman of the

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to the International Organizations in Vienna. Between 1999 and 2003, Shoukry served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Egypt to

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. In 2003, he became Assistant Foreign Minister and Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt. In 2004, he became Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt. Between 2005 and 2008, Shoukry was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Egypt to the

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and other International Organizations in

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. From 2008 until 2012, he served as Ambassador of Egypt to the

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. Shoukry was the Sherpa to the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit and the 2014 Hague Nuclear Security Summit. Since 17 June 2014, he has served Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt.

Personal life

He is married to Suzy Shoukry, and has two sons. He obtained a law degree from

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in 1975. A career diplomat, he had ostensibly retired prior to being appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2014. He speaks

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and Spanish.

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1952 births Living people Ain Shams University alumni Ambassadors of Egypt to Austria Ambassadors of Egypt to the United States Foreign ministers of Egypt Permanent Representatives of Egypt to the United Nations Diplomats from Cairo {{Egypt-politician-stub

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