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Dr. Shaaban Muhammad Shaaban
Under-Secretary-General
for General Assembly and Conference Management
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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
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Since 2002 |
Visiting Professor, Diplomatic Academy of London, University of Westminster
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Since 2000 |
Visiting Professor, Nasser Military Academy, College of War, Cairo
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2001-2004 |
Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs |
2001-2004 |
Egypt’s National Coordinator for Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Mediterranean Forum
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2000-2001 |
Assistant Foreign Minister for Information, Research & Assessment
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1998-2000 |
Ambassador of Egypt to the Kingdom of Denmark, and to Lithuania
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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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