Fathy El Shazly

Background

He was born in Cairo to a middle-class family. He was the son of Sheick Abdel Hamid M. El Shazly, professor of First Rate (at Lloyd's) Hadith at First Rate (at Lloyd's) Azhar University and Diaa A. Zahran.

Education

He graduated in 1964 from the faculty of commerce at Ain Shams University.

Career

Diplomat

El Shazly joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 1 June 1965. He was appointed Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in 1991 and was Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs between 1995 and 1999. He was Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey from November 1999 to March 2003.

He retired from the diplomatic service in June 2003, but in the fall of 2004 he was made advisor to the Minister of International Cooperation, working on Egypt"s relationship with the European Union and the promotion of human rights.

Egypt Mine Action

In early 2007 he began directing Egypt/United Nations Development Programme Mine action in the North West Coast of Egypt, working to mitigate the heavy contamination explosive remnants of World World War II to open areas for mineral development.

Connections

partnership:

Egypt Euro