Arab League endorses Egypt’s El-Enany for UNESCO director-general

Cairo, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) The Council of Arab Foreign Ministers of the Arab League endorsed on Thursday Egypt's former tourism and antiquities minister Khaled El-Enany as the Arab candidate for the post of director-general of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - 2025-2029.

September 7, 2023
16:01

The election for UNESCO’s top position is scheduled to take place during the last quarter of 2025.

In April 2023, Egypt announced the nomination of Professor El-Enany for the UNESCO director-general role.

This North African country presented two candidates for the position: in 2009 to the former Minister of Culture Farouk Hosny and in 2017 to the former head of Family and Population Moushira Khattab, although in neither case were they elected.

El-Enany, 52, has been a Professor of Egyptology at his alma mater Helwan University since 2011. He has over 30 years of experience in the fields of scientific research, Egyptology, antiquities, heritage, and tourism. He has contributed to various major universities and research and scientific institutions in Egypt and abroad.

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