Nabil Fahmi (born 5 January 1951) is an

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diplomat and politician who served in the government of

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from June 2013 to July 2014.

Early life and education

Nabil Fahmi was born in New York on 5 January 1951. His father, Ismail Fahmi, was

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's foreign minister from 1973 to 1977. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and mathematics and a master's degree in management, both of which he received from

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in 1974 and 1976, respectively.

Career

Fahmi is a career diplomat. He served in the Egyptian cabinet from 1974 to 1978 in various posts, including deputy foreign minister. He also assumed the post of advisor to the

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and was the secretary of the president for external communications from February 1974 to August 1976. He worked at the

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in different capacities, including member of the Egyptian mission to the

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and New York and political advisor from August 1993 to September 1997. He served as the Ambassador of Egypt to Japan from September 1997 to September 1999. Next he served as the Ambassador of Egypt to the United States from October 1999 to September 2008. Therefore, his term saw the

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. From 1999 to 2003 he was also among the members of the UN Secretary General's advisory board on disarmament issues and he was appointed chairman of the board in 2001. Upon returning to Cairo he was named

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at the ministry. After leaving his diplomatic post, he entered politics. He was a member of the Constitution Party headed by

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. He also joined

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as a faculty member. He is also the founding dean of university's school of public affairs. In addition, he worked as the dean at the faculty. He was named non-resident chair of the Middle East project carried out by the James Martin center for nonproliferation studies in 2009. He was also a board member of McLarty associates. On 14 July 2013, he announced that he accepted a proposal to become minister of foreign affairs in the

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of Egypt led by Hazem Al Beblawi. He accepted the post after Mohamed Kamel Amr had declared his intention not to continue in the post. On 16 July Fahmi's term as foreign minister began. Fahmi suspended his membership at the Constitution Party when he began to serve as foreign minister.

Personal life

Fahmi is married and has three children. He publishes various articles in his blog at ''

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''. He is the author of ''Egypt’s Diplomacy in War, Peace and Transition'' which was published by

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in 2020. He was given an honorary PhD by the

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, in May 2009.

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