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Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit reappointed
By AFP - Mar 03,2021 - Last updated at Mar 03,2021
CAIRO — Egypt's Ahmed Aboul Gheit was reappointed for a second term on Wednesday as secretary general of the 22-member Arab League, a diplomatic source said.
The 78-year old, who served as Egyptian foreign minister between 2004 and 2011, was first elected to lead the Cairo-based pan-regional body in 2016.
"Arab foreign ministers unanimously decided to approve Egypt's request to reappoint Arab League secretary general Ahmed Aboul Gheit for a new five-year term," the source said.
Since its founding in 1945, the Cairo-based league has chosen an Egyptian diplomat as its chief, apart from 1979 to 1990, when a Tunisian was appointed and the headquarters moved to Tunis, after Egypt signed a peace deal with neighbouring Israel.
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