Hesham Youssef is an Egyptian diplomat. His current position is the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). His previous position was ''chief of staff'' to the Secretary-General of the

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. Youssef's career as a diplomat began when in 1985 he joined the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt. He went on to work at the Egyptian Embassy in

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and then at Egyptian mission to the

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. He joined the

as an official spokesman in 2001. Youssef holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Cairo University, a Master's degree in Liberal Arts from St. John's College, New Mexico, and a Master's degree in Economics from the American University in Cairo.World Economic Forum Bio
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