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Nairobi

Dr. Shaaban Muhammad Shaaban

Under-Secretary-General
for General Assembly and Conference Management



Education

Ph. D. in Political Science 1996, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Master’s in International Relations 1994, Centre d’Etudes de  Relations Internationales et Stratégiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Bachelor of Arts 1967, English Literature and Translation, Faculty of Arts, Cairo, Egypt

Bachelor of Arts 1963, English Language and Education, Faculty of Education, Cairo, Egypt

Languages

Arabic (mother tongue); English; French
Portuguese and Spanish (fair–spoken)

Professional Career

2004-2007

- Advisor to the Foreign Minister of Egypt
- National Coordinator for Reform Initiatives in the Middle East
- Coordinator, Issues of Dialogue between Cultures and Civilizations

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? Masters 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

Ordre de Mérite, Chevalier, France, 1978

Ordre de Mérite, 5ème classe, Egypt, 1977

 

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