Omar Amer Youssef

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Egypt to Greece

BIOGRAPHY

Work Experience

September 2022 – current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Egypt to Greece

2021 – 2022 Assistant Foreign Minister, Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

2020 – 2021 Assistant Foreign Minister, Chief of Diplomatic Consular Corps and Compliance Affairs

2016 – 2020 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Egypt to Austria, and Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the International Organizations in Vienna

2019 – 2020 Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

2018 – 2020 Governor of Egypt, Board of Governors of the IAEA

2019 – 2020 Chairman of the Group of 77, Vienna Chapter

2019 Chairman of the Arab Group in Vienna

2018 – 2019 Chairman of the Program Committee of the International

Conference on Nuclear Security (February 2020)

2018 Chairman of the African Group, Vienna Chapter

2017 – 2018 President of the 6th Session of the Assembly of Parties to the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)

2017 Head of the Egyptian Delegation to the First NPT 2020 Review Conference Preparatory Committee (Vienna 2017)

2015 – 2016 Deputy Assistant Minister for the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

2015 Member of the Delegation of Egypt to the NPT Review Conference

2014 – 2016 Sherpa to the 2016 Washington Nuclear Security Summit

2014 – 2015 Deputy Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

2013 – 2014 Director, Strategic and Security Organizations (NATO-OSCE-CICA)

2012 – 2013 Deputy Head of National Steering Bureau, Egypt – EU Partnership Association

2008 – 2012 Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Washington, USA

2005 – 2008 Political Counsellor, Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

2001 – 2005 First Secretary, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in

Vienna, Austria and Alternative Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the International Atomic Agency (IAEA)

1999 – 2001 Deputy Director, Arms Control and Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1995 – 1999 Deputy Consul General, Sydney – Australia

1993 – 1995 Attaché Deputy Assistant Minister Office for Asian Affairs

1991 Attaché, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cairo – Egypt

1991 Attaché, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cairo – Egyt

Higher Education:

  • Political Science Diploma, Cairo University, 1991
  • B.A. Mass Communication, Cairo University, 1988
  • High School, Kuwait, 1984
  • Secondary & Elementary School, Kuwait


Marital Status:

  • Married, two sons and one daughter


Languages:

  • Arabic (mother tongue) and English


Personal Data:

Date and Place of Birth 11.06.1966 in Kuwait