Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid
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Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid (‎; 22 March 1923 – 21 December 2013) was an
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diplomat. He served as the
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between 1984 and 1991, and as the
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of the
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from 1991 until 2001.


Biography

Born in
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in March 1923, Abdel Meguid received a law degree from
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in 1944 before going on to obtain a doctorate of
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from the
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in 1947. 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
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, a post he held for a year. He became ambassador to
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in 1970, deputy foreign minister in 1970, and Egypt's high representative to the
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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
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. He died in
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on 21 December 2013, at the age of 90.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdel Meguid, Ahmed Asmat 1923 births 2013 deaths Alexandria University alumni 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