Nabil Fahmy assumed his duties as secretary-general of the Arab League yesterday during an official ceremony held at the General Secretariat's headquarters in Cairo, in the presence of assistant secretaries-general and a number of Secretariat officials and staff.
A statement issued by the General Secretariat said that following the handover ceremony, the secretary-general received briefings from Secretariat officials on the most significant developments across political files. He also held a meeting with the assistant secretaries-general to discuss priorities for the coming period and working methodology.
Before becoming secretary-general of the Arab League, Fahmy held several posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as Egypt's ambassador to Japan between 1997 and 1999, then as Egypt's ambassador to the United States from 1999 to 2008, and served as Egypt's foreign minister for one year, from June 2013 to July 2014.
Alongside his diplomatic career, he engaged in academic work, serving as dean of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo between 2009 and 2022.