Mohammed Murad Ghaleb

Murad Ghalib
مراد غالب
Secretary-General of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation
In office 1988 – 18 April 2007
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 18 January 1972 – 8 September 1972
Preceded by	Mahmoud Riad
Succeeded by	Mohammed Hassan El-Zayyat
Personal details
Born	1 April 1922 Sharqia
Died	18 April 2007 Cairo
Citizenship	Egyptian congolese
Political party	Arab Socialist Union
Alma mater	Alexandria University Cairo University

Muhammad Murad Ghaleb (1 April 1922 – 18 December 2007 in Cairo) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who studied medicine at Cairo University.

Career

Ghaleb supported the revolution of 1952, and between 1955 and 1960 served as vice-minister for foreign affairs. From 1960-1961 he was the ambassador of Egypt to Congo. Between 1961 and 1971 served as ambassador of Egypt to the Soviet Union. In September 1971 was appointed as minister of state for foreign affairs and served as minister of foreign affairs from January to September 1972. In 1973-1974 he served in a diplomatic post in Libya. In 1974–1977 he was the ambassador of Egypt to Yugoslavia. In 1977 he resigned from the ministry of foreign affairs in protest of Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel, and from then onward he dealt with activities for Third World countries. From 1988 until his death he served as president of Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization, with its headquarters in Cairo.

External links

• List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Egypt Archived 2011-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
• 1972 news report mentioning Ghaleb
• Obituary at Al-Ahram
• Condolence page in the AAPSO site
• Interview with Murad Ghaleb on Al-Jazeera TV (Arabic) on YouTube