Sec. Gen. Amr Moussa
Amr Moussa is the former Secretary-General of the League of Arab States. Moussa studied law at Cairo University, briefing practicing law before joining the Egyptian Foreign Affairs Ministry in 1958. There he worked as an assistant and advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and served as director of the Department of International Organizations. From 1983 to 1986, Moussa served as Egypt’s Ambassador to India, and in 1990 he was appointed Egyptian Ambassador to the United Nations in New York.
In 1991, Moussa was appointed Egyptian Foreign Minister by Prime Minister Atef Sedki. He remained Foreign Minister until 2001 when he was appointed to the League of Arab States by President Hosni Mubarak.