Mohamed Orabi
Egyptian diplomat and politician
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohamed Orabi (Arabic: محمد العرابي; born 1951)[1] is an Egyptian diplomat and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Egypt in Essam Sharaf's cabinet from 18 June 2011 to 18 July 2011.[2]
Mohamed Orabi | |
|---|---|
Orabi | |
| Foreign Minister of Egypt | |
| In office 18 June 2011 – 18 July 2011 | |
| President | Hussein Tantawi (Acting) |
| Prime Minister | Essam Sharaf |
| Preceded by | Nabil el-Araby |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Kamel Amr |
| Deputy Foreign Minister of Egypt | |
| In office 6 March 2011 – 18 June 2011 | |
| President | Hussein Tantawi (Acting) |
| Prime Minister | Essam Sharaf |
| Preceded by | Faiza Abu El-Naga |
| Succeeded by | Nasser Hashemi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 74–75) Cairo, Egypt |
Career
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.