Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid
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Biography
Born in Alexandria in March 1923,[2][3] Abdel Meguid received a law degree from Alexandria University in 1944 before going on to obtain a doctorate of international law from the University of Paris in 1947.[4] He joined the Egyptian foreign ministry in 1950 and worked in several departments, notably the British and French sections. In 1967 he was appointed as Chairman of the State Information Service, a post he held for a year.[5] He became ambassador to France in 1970, deputy foreign minister in 1970, and Egypt's high representative to the United Nations in 1972. He served in that position until 1983, and was then foreign minister from 1984 to 1991, when he was elected secretary-general of the Arab League.[4]
He died in Cairo on 21 December 2013, at the age of 90.[6]
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- 1923 births
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- Alexandria University alumni
- People from Alexandria
- University of Paris alumni
- 20th-century Egyptian diplomats
- Ministers of foreign affairs of Egypt
- Secretaries general of the Arab League
- Ambassadors of Egypt to France
- Permanent representatives of Egypt to the United Nations
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Politicians from Alexandria