Mohammed Murad Ghaleb

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

Murad Ghaleb
مراد غالب
Secretary-General of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation
In office 1 November 1988 – 18 April 2007
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 18 January 1972 – 8 September 1972
President	Anwar Sadat
Preceded by	Mahmoud Riad
Succeeded by	Mohammed Hassan El-Zayyat
Personal details
Born	1 April 1922 Sharqia, Egypt
Died	April 18, 2007(2007-04-18) (aged 85) Cairo, Egypt
Political party	Arab Socialist Union
Alma mater	Alexandria University Cairo University

Career

Ghaleb studied medicine at Cairo University. A supporter of the 1952 Egyptian revolution, he served as Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1955 to 1960. From 1960-1961 he served as ambassador of Egypt to Congo, and then to the Soviet Union until 1971.^[1] In September 1971 he was appointed 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, and then as ambassador to Yugoslavia until 1977, when he resigned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in protest of President Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel. From then onward he dealt with activities for Third World countries, and from 1988 until his death he served as president of Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization, with its headquarters in Cairo.

Honours and awards

Foreign honours

• Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (15 August 1972)^[2]