Background
Ismail Fahmy was born on October 2, 1922, in Cairo, Egypt, to Mohammed Fahmy and Fayka Noshy. His father was a public prosecutor in Cairo.
1973
Ismail Fahmy with Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger
Giza City, Giza, Egypt
Cairo University
The International Atomic Energy Agency flag
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The Foreign Minister of Egypt depicts his part in the negotiation of the treaty with Israel and examines the development of Egypt's foreign policy
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Ismail Fahmy was born on October 2, 1922, in Cairo, Egypt, to Mohammed Fahmy and Fayka Noshy. His father was a public prosecutor in Cairo.
Ismail Fahmy was educated at the Cairo University where he graduated in political science in 1945.
Farmy was appointed as a diplomat, a part of the Egypt's delegation to the United Nations, from 1949 to 1957. After that he served in the Egypt's delegation on the International Atomic Energy Agency until 1959.
He served as an ambassador to Austria between 1968. For a year from 1969 he held the position of the ambassador of Egypt to France. His next post was deputy foreign minister - from 1971 to November 1973.
Fahmy became Foreign Minister in 1973 after Egypt fought Israel in the Middle East war that year. He was also Deputy Prime Minister from 1975 to 1977. President Anwar el-Sadat first took notice of Fahmy during a 1972 conference where the future foreign minister advocated a military strike against Israel and suggested Egypt adopt closer ties with the United States. Sadat put Fahmy in charge of Egypt’s move away from the Soviet Union in favor of the United States.
Fahmy resigned in opposition to Sadat’s visit to Jerusalem in 1977. That visit led to the Camp David Accords, and the first treaty between an Arab nation and Israel. But Fahmy explained in his 1983 book, Negotiating for Peace in the Middle East, why he opposed the move. He wrote that at the time Sadat couldn’t prove that the peace gesture would be reciprocated by Israel. Fahmy also feared the visit would harm Egypt’s standing with other Arab countries and could damage his country’s national security.
Other government posts Fahmy held included ambassador to Austria, tourism Minister and undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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1983Although Fahmy was a supporter and confidant of Sadat, later he became sharply critical of Sadat’s policies and decision making.
Quotations: "I believed it would harm Egypt’s National Security, damage our relations with the other Arab countries and destroy our leadership of the Arab world.” - Fahmy's words, when Sadat decided to visit Jerusalem
Fahmy was a man with a sharp mind and a tongue to match.
Fahmy married Afaf Hamed Mahmoud in 1947. They had a son - Nabil.
