Background
Shahin, Magda Kamal was born on December 31, 1948 in Khartoum, Sudan.
Shahin, Magda Kamal was born on December 31, 1948 in Khartoum, Sudan.
Bachelor, Cairo University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Cairo University, 1984. Master of Arts in Economics, American University, Cairo, 1974.
Second secretary, Egyptian Embassy, Bonn, Germany, 1976-1980; counsellor, Egyptian Mission to the United Nations, New York City, 1984-1988; economics counsellor to the foreign minister, Cairo, 1989-1991; assistant to the secretary general, Arab League, Cairo, 1991-1992; minister plenipotentiary, Egyptian Mission to the United Nations, Geneva, 1992-1993; deputy chief of mission and Egypt's deputy representative, United Nations and World Trade Organisation, since 1993. Acting chairman of the group of 77 United Nations, New York City, 1985-1986. Chairman working group on trading opportunities United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, 1993-1994, chairman standing commission on services, 1995.