Mohamed Abdulkhalek El Sayed Hassouna | |
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محمد عبد الخالق السيد | |
2nd Secretary-General of the Arab League | |
In office September 1952 – 1 June 1972 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Rahman Azzam |
Succeeded by | Mahmoud Riad |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 October 1898 Cairo, Egypt |
Died | 20 January 1992 (aged 93) Cairo, Egypt |
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. He obtained a degree in law in 1921. [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. He joined the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1926 and served at the Egyptian embassies in Berlin, Rome, Prague and Stockholm. [1]
Hassouna was the undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Social Affairs between 1939 and 1942. [1] He served as governor of Alexandria from 1942 to 1948, [1] during which time the University of Alexandria was completed. He served as social affairs minister between 1949 and 1952 and then minister of education and foreign affairs in 1952. [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. [3]
Mohamed Abdulkhalek El Sayed Hassouna | |
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محمد عبد الخالق السيد | |
2nd Secretary-General of the Arab League | |
In office September 1952 – 1 June 1972 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Rahman Azzam |
Succeeded by | Mahmoud Riad |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 October 1898 Cairo, Egypt |
Died | 20 January 1992 (aged 93) Cairo, Egypt |
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. He obtained a degree in law in 1921. [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. He joined the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1926 and served at the Egyptian embassies in Berlin, Rome, Prague and Stockholm. [1]
Hassouna was the undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Social Affairs between 1939 and 1942. [1] He served as governor of Alexandria from 1942 to 1948, [1] during which time the University of Alexandria was completed. He served as social affairs minister between 1949 and 1952 and then minister of education and foreign affairs in 1952. [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. [3]