Mohamed Orabi
| Mohamed Orabi | |
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| Foreign Minister of Egypt | |
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In office 18 June 2011 – 18 July 2011 |
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| President | Hussein Tantawi (Acting) |
| Prime Minister | Essam Sharaf |
| Preceded by | Nabil el-Araby |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Kamel Amr |
| Deputy Foreign Minister of Egypt | |
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In office 6 March 2011 – 18 June 2011 |
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| President | Hussein Tantawi (Acting) |
| Prime Minister | Essam Sharaf |
| Preceded by | Faiza Abu El-Naga |
| Succeeded by | Nasser Hashemi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
Mohamed Orabi (Arabic: محمد العرابي, born 1951) is an Egyptian diplomat and politician who was the Foreign Minister of Egypt in Essam Sharaf's cabinet from 18 June 2011 to 18 July 2011.
Orabi worked in the Egyptian Army before he joined the foreign service in 1976. Then he became a career diplomat. He was deputy chief of the Egyptian mission in Israel from 1994 to 1998 and in the US. He also served in Kuwait and in the United Kingdom as Egyptian diplomat. He served as chief of the cabinet of the foreign minister in 2000 with Amr Moussa, He was Egyptian ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2008. Next he acted as assistant foreign minister for economic affairs.
He was appointed foreign minister in June 2011, replacing Nabil Al Arabi. However, he resigned from office in July 2011.Mohamed Kamel Amr replaced him as foreign minister.
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