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Egypt Names Mohammed al-Orabi as New Foreign Minister
2011-06-20
[An Nahar] Egypt on Sunday appointed Mohammed al-Orabi as the new foreign minister to replace Nabil al-Arabi who will head the Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
, the official MENA news agency reported.

"Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has tasked Ambassador Mohammed al-Orabi, the deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, to take up the position of minister of foreign affairs," MENA said.

Orabi was previously Egypt's ambassador to Germany and had also served in Kuwait, London and Washington.

He joined the foreign service in 1976 and served as deputy ambassador in Tel Aviv before becoming Egypt's envoy to Berlin in 2001.
A man of the world. I hope for his sake the Arab League is headquartered in a modern city with good catering. Saan and Cairo are picturesque, but at the moment a bit difficult for a man of refined sensibilities.
He also served as the coordinator of the Arab Economic Summit which was last held at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
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