Sameh Shoukry

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From 1976 until 1978, Sameh Shoukry worked as Attaché in the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo.{{Cite web |title=AllGov - Officials |url=http://www.allgov.com/officials/shoukry-sameh?officialid=29341 |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=www.allgov.com}}

Between 1978 and 1982, he was the Third Secretary at the Embassy of Egypt in London, United Kingdom.

In 1982, Shoukry became the Second Secretary of the Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.{{Cite web |title=CURRICULUM VITAE OF HIS EXCELLENCY MR. SAMEH HASSAN SHOUKRY, AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EGYPT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE G-77 - VIENNA CHAPTER 2001 |url=https://www.g77.org/vienna/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2001CURRICULUM_E_CV-His-Excellency-Mr.-Sameh-Hassan-Shoukry.pdf |access-date=3 August 2022}}

From 1984 until 1988, he served as First Secretary of the Embassy of Egypt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Between 1988 and 1990, he was counselor of the Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

From 1990 until 1994, Shoukry worked as counselor of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations in New York.{{Cite web |title=NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EGYPT PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG {{!}} UN GENEVA |url=https://www.ungeneva.org/en/news-media/presentation-of-credentials/2005/09/new-permanent-representative-egypt-presents |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=www.ungeneva.org}}

In 1994, he was director of the United States and Canada Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo.

Shoukry was a member of the Delegation of Egypt to the 1995 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Review Conference.{{Cite web |title=Preparatory Committee for the 1995 Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/177117/files/NPT_CONF.1995_PC_II_3-EN.pdf |access-date=7 August 2022}}

Between 1995 and 1999, he served as Secretary for Information and follow-up to the President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak.

In 2000, he was Head of Delegation for the Negotiations on the International Treaty to Combat Transnational Organized Crime in Vienna.

From 2001 until 2002, he worked as chairman of the Group of 77 & China to the International Organizations in Vienna.

Between 1999 and 2003, Shoukry served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Egypt to Austria.{{Cite web |title=Sameh Hassan Shoukry |url=https://www.berlinglobal.org/index.php?egypt |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.berlinglobal.org |language=en}}

In 2003, he became Assistant Foreign Minister and Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt.

In 2004, he became Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt.{{Cite book |url=https://www.scribd.com/book/455438166/Egypt-s-Foreign-Policy-in-Times-of-Crisis-My-Testimony |title=Egypt's Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis by Ahmed Aboul Gheit - Ebook {{!}} Scribd |language=en}}

Between 2005 and 2008, Shoukry was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva.{{Cite web |title=STATEMENT OF EGYPT DELIVERED BY H.E. AMBASSADOR SAMEH SHOUKRY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EGYPT AT THE NINETY-SECOND SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM) COUNCIL |url=https://www.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl486/files/2019-02/egypt.pdf |access-date=11 August 2022 |website=International Organization for Migration}}

From 2008 until 2012, he served as Ambassador of Egypt to the United States.{{Cite news |date=2009-08-18 |title=Obama looks to Mubarak for help in Mideast peace |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN17489635 |access-date=2022-08-12}}{{Cite web |title=Egyptians Living Abroad Cast Votes for New President |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/egyptians_living_abroad_cast_votes_new_president/727298.html |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=VOA |language=en}}

Shoukry was the Sherpa to the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit and the 2014 Hague Nuclear Security Summit.{{Cite web |title=Board of Trustees - Bibliotheca Alexandrina |url=https://www.bibalex.org/en/boardoftrustees/default |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=www.bibalex.org |language=en}}

From 17 June 2014 to 3 July 2024, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt.

In November 2022, he presided over the United Nations Climate Change Conference.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-11 |title=NGO urges leaders in COP27 to discuss 'plant-based treaty' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/11/ngo-urges-leaders-in-cop27-to-discuss-plant-based-treaty |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Al Jazeera English}}

He is married to Suzy Shoukry, and has two sons. He obtained a law degree from Ain Shams University in 1975.{{cite web| url=http://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/Minister/Biography/Pages/default2.aspx|title=Biography|publisher= Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=19 February 2015}} A career diplomat, he had ostensibly retired prior to being appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2014. He speaks Arabic, English and Spanish.

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