Former Egyptian foreign minister Nabil Fahmy has been selected as the new secretary general of the Arab League, succeeding Ahmed Aboul Gheit, according to a report in Al Arabiya yesterday.
Sources said Fahmy’s appointment was approved by consensus among member states during the 165th session of Arab foreign ministers.
He is set to officially assume the role on July 1.
Fahmy is regarded as one of the Arab world’s most prominent diplomats, with a career spanning decades in international affairs.
Born in 1951, he is the son of the late Egyptian foreign minister Ismail Fahmy.
Fahmy also served as Egypt’s ambassador to the US from 1999 to 2008.
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