Background
OKASHA, Sarwat Mahmoud Fahmy was born on February 18, 1921 in Cairo. Son of Mahmoud and Sameya Okasha.
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Sarwat Mahmoud Fahmy OKASHA
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Military College, and Cairo University.
Career
Counsellor in Presidency of Republic 57. Egyptian Ambassador to Italy 1957-1958. U.A.R. Minister of Culture and National Guidance 1958-1962.
Chair, and Manager Director National Bank 1962-1966.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture 1966-1967. Minister of Culture 71.
Assistant to the President 1971-1972. Visiting Professor College, de France 1973.
President, of Supreme Council for Literature, Art and Social Sciences.
President Egypt-France Association since 1965. Executive Board United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 1962-1970 (masterminded international campaign to save temples of Abu Simbel, et cetera from the rising waters of the Aswan Dam). Correspondent Fellow British Academy.
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Married Islah Abdel Fattah Lotfi in 1943.
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Egyptian
Awards
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Numerous awards (including United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Gold Medal 1970. Award for the Arts and foreign decorations.Numerous awards (including United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Gold Medal 1970. Award for the Arts and foreign decorations.