Mohammed Bassiouni

{{Short description|Egyptian ambassador to Israel from 1986 until 2000}}

Mohammed Bassiouni (c. 1937 – September 18, 2011) was an Egyptian military officer and diplomat.[http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egypts-former-ambassador-israel-dies-74 Egypt's former ambassador to Israel dies at 74], Egypt Independent, September 18, 2011 He served as the Egyptian ambassador to Israel from 1986 until 2000.

Diplomatic career

In 1982, Bassiouni was posted to the Egyptian embassy, located in Tel Aviv, following the conclusion of the Camp David Peace Accord in 1979, which established diplomatic relations between Egypt and Israel. Bassiouni was appointed ambassador in 1986. He held the ambassadorship until 2000, when he was recalled during the Second Intifada. While in Israel, Bassiouni was a regular guest at social events and maintained these social connections for the rest of his life.{{cite news |author=Jack Khoury |date=September 18, 2011 |title=Former Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Mohammed Bassiouni Dies |newspaper=Haaretz |url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/former-egyptian-ambassador-to-israel-mohammed-bassiouni-dies-1.385140}}

Bassiouni was appointed as the Shura Council's foreign relations committee deputy leader after returning to Egypt and became a member of parliament's upper house. {{cite news |author=Jack Khoury |date=September 19, 2011 |title=Mohammed Bassiouni, 74; was Egyptian envoy to Israel |newspaper=Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2011/09/19/mohammed-bassiouni-was-egyptian-envoy-israel/oRAENfV1XZerjPKXMdPfQN/story.html}}

He died in Cairo, Egypt, on September 18, 2011, at the age of 74.

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Category:2011 deaths

Category:Ambassadors of Egypt to Israel

Category:Egyptian military officers

Category:Diplomats for Egypt

Category:1930s births