Nabil Fahmy

Nabil Fahmy worked on disarmament and regional negotiations before serving as ambassador to Japan and then to the United States from 1999 to 2008. He had joined Egypt’s delegation to the 1991 Madrid peace conference and later chaired the UN secretary-general’s advisory board on disarmament matters. ¹

After Washington, Fahmy founded the American University in Cairo’s School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. He served as foreign minister from July 2013 to June 2014 and returned to academic leadership and writing. On July 1, 2026, he assumed office as secretary-general of the League of Arab States, succeeding Ahmed Aboul Gheit. ^{1, 2}