Minister of Foreign Affairs (Egypt)

The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

History

In the mid-2020s, the title has been changed to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates.

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Head of State
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Boghos Yousefian بوغوص بك يوسفيان (1775–1844)	1826	1844	18 years	N/A	Muhammad Ali
2		Artin Bey Shoukry ارتين بك شركيان (?-?)	1844	1850	6 years	N/A
3		Estefan Bey Rasmy استيفان بك دمرجيان (?-?)	1850	1858	8 years	N/A	Abbas
• Khedivate of Egypt (1878–1914) •
4		Nubar Pasha نوبار باشا (1825–1899)	1858	23 February 1879	21 years	Independent	Sa'id
5		Ali Zulfikar Pasha علي ذو الفقار باشا (1814–1892)	10 March 1879	7 April 1879	28 days	Independent	Isma'il Pasha
6		Mohamed Sherif Pasha محمد شريف باشا (1823–1887)	7 April 1879	18 August 1879	days	Independent
7		Mostafa Fahmy Pasha مصطفى فهمي باشا (1840–1914)	18 August 1879	26 May 1882	3 years	Independent	Muhammad Tawfiq Pasha
8		Isma'il Raghib Pasha إسماعيل راغب باشا (1819–1884)	17 June 1882	21 August 1882	days	Independent
(6)		Muhammad Sharif Pasha محمد شريف باشا (1823–1887)	21 August 1882	10 January 1884	1 year, 141 days	Independent
(4)		Nubar Pasha نوبار باشا (1825–1899)	10 January 1884	9 June 1888	4 years, 154 days	Independent
(5)		Ali Zulfikar Pasha علي ذو الفقار باشا (1814–1892)	9 June 1888	12 May 1891	3 years	Independent
9		Tigrane Pasha تكران باشا (?–1904)	14 May 1891	15 April 1894	3 years	Independent
10		Boutros Ghali بطرس غالي (1847–1910)	15 April 1894	21 February 1910 (assassinated)	16 years	Independent	Abbas Helmi II
11		Hussein Rushdi Pasha حسين رشدي باشا (1863–1928)	23 February 1910	15 April 1912	2 years	Independent
12		Youssef Wahba Pasha يوسف باشا وهبة (1865–1933)	15 April 1912	5 April 1914	2 years	Independent
13		Adli Yakan Pasha عدلي يكن باشا (1864–1933)	5 April 1914	19 December 1914	8 months	Independent
• Sultanate of Egypt (1914–1922) •
(11)		Hussein Rushdi Pasha حسين رشدي باشا (1863–1928)	19 December 1914	9 October 1917	3 years	Independent	Hussein Kamel
		None	9 October 1917	1 March 1922	4+1⁄2 years
• Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1953) •
14		Abdel Khaliq Sarwat Pasha عبد الخالق ثروت باشا (1873–1928)	1 March 1922	29 November 1922	273 days	Liberal Constitutional Party	Fuad I
15		Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha محمود فخري باشا (1884–1955)	30 November 1922	9 February 1923	2 months, 10 days
16		Ahmed Heshmat Pasha أحمد حشمت باشا (1858–1926)	15 March 1923	6 August 1923	4+1⁄2 months
17		Mohamed Tawfik Refaat Pasha محمد توفيق رفعت باشا (1870–1944)	6 August 1923	27 January 1924	4+1⁄2 months
18		Wasif Boutros Ghali واصف بطرس غالي (1878–1958)	28 January 1923	24 November 1924	10 months
19		Ahmed Ziwar Pasha أحمد زيور باشا (1864–1945)	24 November 1924	7 June 1926	18+1⁄2 months
(14)		Abdel Khaliq Sarwat Pasha عبد الخالق ثروت باشا (1873–1928)	7 June 1926	21 April 1927	10 months
20		Murkos Hanna Pasha مرقص حنا باش (1872–1934)	25 April 1927	16 March 1928	1 year
(18)		Wasif Boutros Ghali واصف بطرس غالي (1878–1958)	16 March 1928	25 June 1928	3 months
21		Hafez Afifi Pasha حافظ عفيفي بك (1886–1961)	25 June 1928	2 October 1929	15 months
22		Ahmed Medhat Yeghen Pasha أحمد مدحت يكن باشا (1878–1944)	3 October 1929	1 January 1930	3 months
(18)		Wasif Boutros Ghali واصف بطرس غالي (1878–1958)	1 January 1930	19 June 1930	6 months
(21)		Hafez Afifi Pasha حافظ عفيفي باشا (1886–1961)	19 June 1930	July 1930	1 month
23		Abdel Fattah Yahya Ibrahim Pasha عبد الفتاح يحيي إبراهيم باشا (1876–1951)	July 1930	4 January 1933	2+1⁄2 years

• 1933: Nakhla George al-Motyei Pasha
• 1933: Salib Sami Bey (1st time)
• 1933–1934: Abdel Fattah Yahya Pasha (2nd time)
• 1934–1935 : Kamel Ibrahim Bey
• 1935 - 1936 : Aziz Ezzat Pasha
• 1936 : Ali Maher Pasha (1st time)
• 1936 - 1937 : Wasif Boutros Ghali Pasha (4th time)
• 1937 - 1939 : Abdel Fattah Yahya Pasha (3rd time)
• 1939 - 1940 : Aly Maher Pasha (2nd time)
• 1940 : Hassan Sabry Pasha
• 1940 - 1941 : Hussein Sirri Pasha (1st time)
• 1941 - 1942 : Salib Sami Bey (2nd time)
• 1942 - 1944 : Mustafa an-Nahhas Pasha
• 1944 - 1945 : Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha (1st time)
• 1945 - 1946 : Abdel Hamid Badawi Pasha
• 1946 : Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed
• 1946 : Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha
• 1946 - 1947 : Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha (2nd time)
• 1947 - 1948 : Ahmed Mohamed Khashaba Pasha (1st time)
• 1948 - 1949: Ibrahim Dessouqy Abaza Pasha
• 1949 : Ahmed Mohamed Khashaba Pasha (2nd time)
• 1949 - 1950 : Hussein Sirri Pasha (2nd time)
• 1950 - 1952 : Muhammad Salah al-Din Bey
• 1952 : Ali Maher Pasha (3rd time)
• 1952 : Abdel Khaliq Hassuna (1st time)
• 1952 : Hussein Sirri Pasha (3rd time)
• 1952 : Abdel Khaliq Hassuna (2nd time)
• 1952 : Ali Maher Pasha (4th time)
• 1952 : Ahmed Mohamed Farrag Tayei
• 1952 - 1964 : Mahmoud Fawzi
• 1964 - 1972 : Mahmoud Riad
• 1972 : Mohammed Murad Ghaleb
• 1972 - 1973 : Mohammed Hassan El-Zayyat
• 1973 - 1977 : Ismail Fahmi
• 1977 : Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1st time) (acting)
• 1977 - 1978 : Muhammad Ibrahim Kamel
• 1978 - 1979 : Boutros Boutros-Ghali (2nd time) (acting)
• 1979 - 1980 : Mustafa Khalil
• 1980 - 1984 : Kamal Hassan Ali
• 1984 - 1991 : Esmat Abdel Meguid
• 1991 - 2001 : Amr Moussa
• 2001 - 2004 : Ahmed Maher
• 2004 - 2011: Ahmed Aboul Gheit
• 2011: Nabil Elaraby
• 2011: Mohamed Orabi
• 2011 - 2013: Mohamed Kamel Amr
• 2013 - 2014: Nabil Fahmy
• 2014 - 2024: Sameh Shoukry
• 2024 - present: Badr Abdelatty

See also

• Cabinet of Egypt

References

• "Former Ministers". Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
• "Foreign Ministers: Egypt". Rulers. Retrieved 25 February 2010.