Mohamed Abdulkhalek El Sayed Hassouna (Arabic: محمد عبد الخالق السيد حسونة; 28 October 1898 – 20 January 1992) was an Egyptian-Palestinian diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the Arab League Born in Cairo in 1898,[1] Abdel-Khalek Hassouna was the grandson of Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Hassouna El-Nawawi.
[1] Hassouna Pasha as he was later known obtained his masters and doctorate degrees in economics and political science from the University of Cambridge in 1925,[1] where he was a member of Magdalene College.
[1] Hassouna was the undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Social Affairs between 1939 and 1942.
[1] He succeeded Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam at the Arab League in 1952[2] and served for the next 20 years.
He was succeeded by Mahmoud Riad in 1972, and died on 20 January 1992.