Mohamed Orabi

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Mohamed Orabi at “Intercultural Relations, Youth Development Advancement, Environmental Responsibility & Ecotourism: Opportunities for Successful Nation Branding in the 21st Century” (Berlin; March 6th - 10th, 2013)


Mohamed Orabi
Deputy Foreign Minister of Egypt
In office

18 June 2011 – 18 July 2011

President Hussein Tantawi (Acting)
Preceded by Nabil el-Araby
Succeeded by Mohamed Kamel Amr
Profession Diplomat
Deputy Foreign Minister of Egypt
In office

6 March 2011 – 18 June 2011

President Hussein Tantawi
Preceded by Faiza Abu El-Naga
Succeeded by Nasser Hashemi
Profession Diplomat
Personal Details
Born 1951 (age 62–63)

Cairo, Egypt

Nationality Egyptian


Mohamed Orabi is an Egyptian diplomat and politician who served as Foreign Minister of Egypt in Essam Sharaf's cabinet from 18 June 2011 to 18 July 2011.

Biography[edit]

Mohamed Orabi is an Egyptian diplomat and politician who was the Foreign Minister of Egypt in 2011. Orabi worked in the Egyptian Army before he joined the Foreign Service in 1976. He then became a career diplomat, serving as deputy chief of the Egyptian mission in Israel from 1994 to 1998, in the United States and in Kuwait as well as in the United Kingdom as Egyptian diplomat. He was Egyptian ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2008. He subsequently acted as assistant foreign minister for economic affairs.

Learn More[edit]

"Public Diplomacy & Nation Branding in Globalized World" - A lecture by Amb. Mohamed Orabi, Former Foreign Minister of Egypt. The Berlin International Economics Congress 2013

"Public Diplomacy & Nation Branding in Globalized World" - Questions and answers with Amb. Mohamed Orabi

Mohamed Orabi and Cultural Diplomacy

External Links and References[edit]

Egypt's New Foreign Minister