Egypt’s Foreign Ministry Announces Major Diplomatic Reshuffle: Nader Nabil Appointed Official Spokesperson Alongside Key Leadership and Deputy Assistant Appointments

Official Spokesperson Appointment

• Minister Plenipotentiary Nader Nabil Zaki Morcos: Appointed as the Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Supervisor of Public Diplomacy and Press.

Newly Appointed Deputy Assistant Ministers & Senior Leadership

Political, Regional, and Multilateral Affairs

• Minister Plenipotentiary Khaled Ali Mohamed El-Menshawy: Deputy Assistant Minister for Specialized International Agencies and Topics.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Emad Samir Morcos Matar: Deputy Assistant Minister for Non-Governmental Organizations.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Gamal Ahmed El-Ghitany: Deputy Assistant Minister for International Security.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Ibrahim Ahmed Ibrahim Khalil El-Diwany: Deputy Assistant Minister for Public International Law.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Lamia Rasheed Ali Mahmoud Hassan Baraka: Deputy Assistant Minister for ASEAN Countries, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands Affairs.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Tarek Mohamed El-Said Youssef: Deputy Assistant Minister for Political Planning and Crisis Management.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Dalia Mohamed Atef Ahmed El-Sayed Tantawy: Deputy Assistant Minister for West and Central Asian Countries Affairs.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Hany Abdel Rahman Khedr Mohamed: Deputy Assistant Minister for North and West European Countries Affairs.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Ahmed Mohamed Sherif Abdel Aziz El-Ansary: Deputy Assistant Minister for Central European Countries and the Balkans Affairs.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Taher Sayed Abbas Badr: Deputy Assistant Minister for East Asian Countries Affairs.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Abdulmohsen Said Abdulmohsen Shafy: Deputy Assistant Minister for Libyan Affairs.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Mostafa Hafez Ahmed Qandil: Deputy Assistant Minister for Economic Blocs and Organizations.

Human Rights, Migration, Climate, and Social Issues

• Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Abdel Rahman Mohamed Mousse: Deputy Assistant Minister for Human Rights Affairs.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Kareem Fathy Mahmoud Abou El-Enein: Deputy Assistant Minister for International Migration and Combatting Illegal Migration and Human Trafficking.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Heba Mostafa Mostafa Rizk: Deputy Assistant Minister for International Social Issues.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Mirande Cameel Victor Gibran: Deputy Assistant Minister for Climate, Environment, and Sustainable Development Affairs.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Mona Ahmed Hassan El-Bahtimi: Deputy Assistant Minister for Climate, Environment, and Sustainable Development Affairs.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Ahmed Youssef Assem Bayoumi: Deputy Assistant Minister for Enhancing Labor Mobility.

Economic, Development, and Institutional Roles

• Minister Plenipotentiary Eman Samy Fathallah Yaghoot: Deputy Assistant Minister for Communications, Information Systems, and Digital Transformation.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Ahmed Hussein Shaban Shiha: Deputy Assistant Minister for International Economic Relations.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Ahmed Helmy Sultan: Deputy Assistant Minister for UN Development Cooperation.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Rasha Zohair Thabet Shehab El-Din: Deputy Secretary-General of the Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD).
• Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed El-Sayed El-Sayed Arafa: Deputy Secretary-General of the Financing Authority for Ministry Buildings Abroad.

Consular, Protocol, Legal, and Judicial Affairs

• Minister Plenipotentiary Samah Abdel Moneim Amin Badawi: Deputy Assistant Minister for Judicial Affairs.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Rania Mohamed Mohamed Ahmed El-Bediwi: Deputy Assistant Minister for Consular Affairs and Egyptians Abroad.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Mostafa Qotb El-Gammal: Deputy Assistant Minister for Protocol (Passports Division).
• Minister Plenipotentiary Yomnia Abdel Fattah Mohamed Othman: Deputy Assistant Minister for Protocol (Events and Visits Division).
• Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Ahmed Shokry Abdel Rahman Araby: Deputy Assistant Minister for Protocol (Envoys Division).
• Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed Mahmoud: Deputy Assistant Minister for Administrative Affairs and Headquarters.
• Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Abdel Fattah Mohamed El-Boudy: Director of the Automated Passport Issuance Center (holding the financial status of Deputy Assistant Minister).

Assistant Minister Appointments & Title Adjustments

Assistant Ministers

• Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Mohamed Fouad Abdallah Ahmed: Assistant Minister for the Office of the Minister.
• Ambassador Mohamed Salah El-Din Mohamed El-Sherif: Assistant Minister for Judicial Affairs.
• Ambassador Mai Taha Mohamed Khalil Ali: Assistant Minister for Asian Affairs, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.
• Ambassador Mohamed Tharwat Mohamed Selim: Assistant Minister for Diplomatic and Consular Corps and Inspection.
• Ambassador Khaled Mohamed Sameh Anis: Assistant Minister for American Affairs.
• Ambassador (First Class) Hany Salah Mostafa Ahmed: Assistant Minister for Sudan and South Sudan Affairs.
• Ambassador (First Class) Nahla Mohamed Essam El-Din El-Zawahry: Assistant Minister for International Conferences.
• Ambassador Mahmoud Mostafa Mahmoud Ahmed Afifi: Assistant Minister for Human Rights, International Social and Humanitarian Affairs.
• Ambassador El-Desouky Mahmoud Youssef Mahmoud: Assistant Minister for International Legal Affairs and Treaties.
• Ambassador Shady Gamal El-Din Mohamed El-Sharkawy: Assistant Minister for Parliamentary Affairs.
• Ambassador Sherif Abdel Hamid Emam Ismail: Secretary-General of the Financing Authority for Ministry Buildings Abroad.
• Ambassador Khaled Fady Mahmoud El-Shazly: Assistant Minister for Communications, Information Systems, and Digital Transformation.
• Ambassador Ahmed Taher Ahmed El-Fadly: Assistant Minister for Countering International Terrorism, Corruption, and Transnational Crime.
• Ambassador Barakat Ali Abou El-Barakat El-Leithy: Assistant Minister for Palestinian Affairs.
• Ambassador Nevin Osama Mohamed El-Husseiny: Assistant Minister for Migration.
• Ambassador Baher Farouk Ahmed El-Shweikh: Assistant Minister for Security.
• Ambassador Ahmed Abdallah Ibrahim Hafez: Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs.
• Ambassador Ihab Mostafa Yehia Suliman: Assistant Minister for Protocol Affairs.

Title and Sector Adjustments

• Ambassador Mohamed Omar Mohamed Gad: Assistant Minister for African Organizations and Blocs.
• Ambassador Mohamed Samir Mohamed Helmy Marzouk: Assistant Minister and Permanent Representative to the League of Arab States.
• Ambassador Sayed Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed El-Salahy: Acting Assistant Minister for Staff Complaints and Appeals.
• Ambassador Basel Salah Mostafa Ahmed: Assistant Minister for Libyan Affairs.

Institutional Restructuring

• Ambassador Hisham Abdel Salam Mostafa El-Makwad has been appointed Director of the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA), effective upon assuming his duties.
• The former Research, Assessments, Political Planning, and Crisis Management Sector has been renamed the Political Planning and Crisis Management Sector. Ambassador (First Class) Nazih Ali Bahaa El-Din El-Naggari has been appointed Assistant Minister heading this sector, effective immediately.

Role and Scope of Deputy Assistant Ministers

• Executive Oversight: Deputy Assistant Ministers provide direct operational leadership over specific sectors or files, supporting Assistant Ministers in managing departmental portfolios.
• Policy Execution: They monitor the implementation of diplomatic programs, coordinate bilateral and multilateral relations, and handle key thematic files (including climate, digital transformation, human rights, and migration).
• Strategic Liaison: They serve as vital bridges between top ministry leadership, executive departments, relevant government bodies, and Egypt’s diplomatic missions overseas, formulating strategic studies and reports to guide foreign policy decisions.