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Dr. Shaaban Muhammad Shaaban |
EDUCATION |
Ph. D. in Political Science 1996, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium |
LANGUAGES |
Arabic (mother tongue); English; French |
PROFESSIONAL CAREER |
Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management |
2004−2007 |
- Advisor to the Foreign Minister of Egypt |
Since 2003 |
Visiting Professor, Université de Mons, Belgium |
Since 2002 |
Visiting Professor, Diplomatic Academy of London, University of Westminster |
Since 2000 |
Visiting Professor, Nasser Military Academy, College of War, Cairo |
2001−2004 |
Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs |
2001−2004 |
Egypt’s National Coordinator for Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Mediterranean Forum |
2000−2001 |
Assistant Foreign Minister for Information, Research & Assessment |
1998−2000 |
Ambassador of Egypt to the Kingdom of Denmark, and to Lithuania |
1997−1998 |
Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs |
1993−1997 |
Ambassador of Egypt to Belgium, Luxembourg & Head of Egypt’s Permanent Mission to the European Union, Brussels |
1990−1993 |
Minister, Deputy Head of Mission, Egyptian Embassy, London, U.K. |
1989−1990 |
Counsellor, Foreign Minister’s Cabinet, Cairo, in charge of international organizations and international economic issues |
1984−1988 |
Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, New York |
1982−1984 |
Chef de Cabinet of the Director of the President’s Office for Political Affairs, Cairo |
1980−1982 |
First Secretary, Egyptian Embassy, Maputo, Mozambique |
1978−1980 |
First Secretary, Egyptian Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya & Representative of Egypt to UNEP & HABITAT |
1977−1978 |
Second Secretary, Office of the Senior Undersecretary & Director of the President’s Cabinet for Political Affairs, Cairo |
1974−1977 |
Second Secretary, Egyptian Embassy, Paris, France |
1972−1974 |
Third Secretary, Egyptian Embassy, Aden, South Yemen |
1970−1972 |
Diplomatic Attaché, Office of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Cairo; Lecturer and supervisor of language studies at the Institute for Diplomatic Studies, Cairo |
1967−1970 |
Freelance English News Editor/Reader, Egyptian Radio and Television |
1963−1968 |
Teacher of English |
1963−1990 |
Freelance Interpreter |
PUBLICATIONS |
Opinion and analytical articles on various global political, economic, cultural, information technology, trade issues, dialogue of cultures, NATO, and new international relations theories, Invited articles in Al-Ahram Daily, 1998 The Metamorphosis of Power in the Middle East After Peace with Israel, Doctoral Dissertation, 1996 A New Middle East System? Master's Thesis, 1994 The Analysis of International Relations, 1984 The United Nations Secretary-General: the Man & the Post, 1971 |
DECORATIONS |
La Grand-Croix de l’Ordre de la Couronne, Belgium, 1997 |
Last Update: 10 February 2012 / Laila SHAMJI