Abdel Raouf El Reedy

Abdel Raouf El Reedy helped establish the Egyptian foreign ministry’s policy planning department and took part in the peace negotiations with Israel from the Mena House meeting through Camp David. He later served as ambassador to Pakistan and as Egypt’s permanent representative in Geneva before his Washington appointment in late 1984. ¹

El Reedy’s Washington mission ended in July 1992. In retirement, he helped found the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs and became its first chairman. He also chaired the Misr Public Libraries system and wrote a memoir, Journey of My Life, describing his diplomatic career. ¹