Mohamed Hamdy ElMolla

Mohamed Hamdy ElMolla entered the Washington post after work on Nile water negotiations and multilateral institutions. He led Egypt’s team in talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam from 2017 to 2020, then served as ambassador in Austria and permanent representative to the UN organizations in Vienna from 2020 to 2024. His Vienna assignments included the IAEA Board of Governors, organized crime negotiations, and work on UNIDO’s climate strategy. ¹

ElMolla became assistant minister and chief of the foreign minister’s cabinet in September 2024. He presented credentials to President Donald Trump on September 17, 2026. Earlier postings had taken him to Geneva, London, and Kampala; he holds degrees in English literature from Ain Shams University and international relations from the American University in Cairo. ^{1, 2, 3}