Mohamed Kamel Amr

Mohamed Kamel Amr (Arabic: محمد کامل عمرو; born 1 December 1942) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2011 and 2013.

Amr served under three different Ambassadors in London, including General Saad-Eldin El-Shazly, who was the Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Army during the 1973 October War.

Upon completion of his assignment in London, Amr returned to Cairo in 1976 as First Secretary working as an advisor to Mohamed Riad, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

In 1983 while Amr was serving in New York, Egypt was elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, representing the North African countries.

During this period, the United Nations Security Council established a select committee to investigate the attacks carried out by South Africa against Angola.

In his capacity as Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs, Amr was involved in the process of re-establishing relations between Egypt and the new regime South Africa.

In 1997, Amr was chosen by the Egyptian Government to represent the Egypt and other Arab countries as a member of the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank in Washington, D.C., where he remained in this capacity for 11 years.

Amr returned to Cairo in early 2009 assuming the position of executive director of the Center for Strategic Documentation of the Economic and Social transformation process in Egypt.

Amr resigned his post as foreign minister in late June 2013 due to the ongoing civil and political strife gripping the country.

Amr presenting his report to the United Nations Security Council in 1984
Amr being sworn in as foreign minister by Field Marshall Tantawi in July 2011
Amr meeting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the US State Department in September 2011