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Former Egyptian FM elected Arab League chief

Ahmed Aboul-Gheit served as Egyptian FM from 2004 to 2011, under Hosni Mubarak

11.03.2016 - Update : 13.03.2016
Former Egyptian FM elected Arab League chief

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ANKARA

Former Mubarak-era Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul-Gheit was elected Thursday to the post of the Arab League secretary general.


Aboul-Gheit, 73, nominated by Egypt, will be the league’s eighth head. He will hold the post for a five-year term.


Aboul-Gheit, known as the last Egyptian foreign minister during the Hosni Mubarak era from 2004 to 2011, will succeed outgoing secretary-general Nabil El-Araby, another former Egyptian foreign minister.

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