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Ramzy Ezzeldin appointed as President El-Sisi's first presidential political adviser
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President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has appointed veteran diplomat Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy as his first presidential political adviser. This decision, effective April 6, establishes a new position for a one-year term. Ramzy, 72, brings over four decades of diplomatic experience from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, the United Nations, and the Arab League. His expertise includes conflict resolution, mediation, international security, disarmament, and non-proliferation. He previously served as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Special Envoy for Syria from September 2014 to March 2019. Ramzy also held ambassadorial posts in Germany, Austria, Brazil, Slovenia, Guyana, and Suriname, and was Egypt's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna, where he chaired the International Atomic Energy Agency between 2003 and 2007. His career also includes roles as deputy chief of mission in Washington, political counsellor in Moscow, and second secretary in New York. He headed the Arab League's permanent mission to the United Nations in Vienna from 2013 to 2014. Ramzy holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the American University in Cairo and a PhD in international economics from the University of Surrey.
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