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Today, Wednesday, Arab foreign ministers decided to renew the current Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, for a five-year term. Was quoted by the agency “Agence France Presse” about
Today, Wednesday, Arab foreign ministers decided to renew the current Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, for a five-year term.
“Agence France-Presse” quoted an Arab diplomatic official as saying that “Arab foreign ministers have unanimously decided to approve Egypt’s request to renew the Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, for a further period of five years starting from July 1 next. “
The same official said that the approval of ministers was made “at the consultative meeting preceding the session of the 155th ordinary session of the University Council at ministerial level”, which will be held in the presence of the headquarters of the university in Cairo.
Aboul Gheit, who held the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs in Egypt, was elected secretary general of the League on March 3, 2016, to succeed Egyptian diplomat Nabil Al-Arabi.
The first term of the Secretary General of the Arab League ends on June 30.
The Charter of the Arab League does not specify a ceiling for the number of terms of the Secretary General of the Arab League.
Since its founding in 1945 and the establishment of its headquarters in Cairo, it has been customary for the university to occupy the post of secretary general of an Egyptian diplomatic personality, except for the period from 1979 to 1990 during which Tunisian Chadli al-Qulaibi assumed the post.
The headquarters of the Arab League was temporarily transferred during this period to Tunisia after Egypt’s membership in the League was suspended following its departure from the then Arab consensus and the signing of a peace treaty. with Israel in March 1979.
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