Professional Experience:

• 1968-1977 Ministry of Foreign Affaires, Cairo, Egypt, Attaché Second Secretary.
• 1977-1981 Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, New York, Second Secretary – First Secretary.
• 1981-1996  Seconded to the United Nations Secretariat. (Department of Public Information / Department of Political Affairs)
• 1997-1998  Secretary General, Egyptian Fund for Commonwealth of Independent States, European Islamic Countries and Newly Independent States. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cairo, Egypt.
• 1998-2002  Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Pakistan.
• Sep 2002 – Mar 2003 Ambassador, Director, Department of International Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cairo, Egypt.
• Mar 2003 – Aug 2004 Ambassador, Assistant Minister for America Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cairo, Egypt
• Sep 2004 – Present Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Canada. 

Educational Background:

• 1963-1967 B.A., Cairo University Faculty of Economics and Political Science. Cairo, Egypt
• 1974-1975 Certificate in Diplomatic Studies, Diplomatic Institute. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cairo, Egypt
• 1977-1980 M.A. in Political Science & Certificate in Diplomacy, ST John’s University, Jamaica, New York, U.S.A.
• 1981-1986 Ph.D. in Political Science, City University of New York. New York, U.S.A.

Languages: English, French and Russian. Mother tongue: Arabic.

Personal: Born March 1st, 1948, Egypt.

Married, and has two daughters.