Mohamed Orabi

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Orabi worked in the Egyptian Army before joining the foreign service in 1976,^[3] establishing himself as a career diplomat.^[4] He served as the deputy chief of the Egyptian mission in Israel from 1994 to 1998 and in the US.^[5] He also served in Kuwait and the United Kingdom as an Egyptian diplomat.^[6] In 2000, he became the chief of the cabinet of the foreign minister with Amr Moussa^[4] and served as the Egyptian ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2008.^[3] Afterwards, he acted as assistant foreign minister for economic affairs.^[4]

In June 2011, Orabi was appointed foreign minister, replacing Nabil Al Arabi.^[3] However, he resigned from this position in July 2011^[7] and was succeeded by Mohamed Kamel Amr.^[8]

In 2015, Orabi ran for parliamentary elections and won. He served a full term as a deputy in the House of Representatives and presided over its foreign affairs committee for a few years. He did not run for another term in the 2020 elections and thus wasn't rejected for another parliamentary term.