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Ambassador Amir Kamal Dessouky, the diplomat, the academic and the republican order of merit laureate

in a Special Interview with ELITE:

In The Heedless World of Trump
Extremists Took Over in Power

 Big and medium powers seek partnerships everywhere in the globe, so Egypt has to utilize its
capacities in building its own partnerships

Cairo : Caroline Sherif, Farah Ezzeldin, Dina Ehab and After that, Dr. Amir spoke about the period when he graduated explaining

Mostafa Sayed , written by : Nermine Tawfik and Translated by that he was enrolled in the Armed Forces in time of war as a Reserve
Youmna Sayyed. Officer, then he received the Ministry of Manpower’s letter in 1975 to

An interesting interview that gathered ELITE’s team with the work as an Economic Researcher in the Egyptian Commercial Service. He
diplomat and the academic, Ambassador Dr. Amir Kamal Dessouky, received his job after finishing his period in the Armed Forces in 1977.

one of the faculty’s outstanding graduates, from the batches of Then, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced its need for a group of
pioneers. He has served as an Ambassador and a General Consul for diplomats, Dr. Amir succeeded in the Ministry’s exam and from that time,

Egypt in many countries including India, Sri Lanka, Australia, he worked in the diplomatic sector. Also, he preserved on the academic
Palestine and Sudan.We talked with him about his memories in the path, so he took his master’s degree and then, received a PhD.
Faculty, his work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and his opinion
on the current events. In addition, he presented a brief about his For his work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Amir said that his
experiences for the Faculty’s students to benefit from them. first mission was in India in which he was available for four years since
1980 and finished his work there in 1985 after a short period from the
In the beginning, we talked about the reasons behind his enrolment famous event related to the assassination of Indira Gandhi in October
in the Faculty, he said that he had enrolled in the faculty in 1969 and 1984, specially that there were some disturbances in India. After that, Dr.

graduated in 1973 from the Political Science Department. He was Amir worked as an Ambassador for Egypt in Sri Lanka and Australia and
taught by major Political Science Professors in Egypt like; Dr.Khairy he had a role in activating the commercial representation between Egypt
Eissa, Dr. Abdelmalek Ouda and Dr.Houreya Megahed. At that time, and those countries, exploiting his experience in this field. He served in
Dr. Ahmed Youssef Ahmed and Dr. Kamal El Menoufy were his many important countries; one of which is Palestine where he worked for
Teaching Assistants. His relationship with them was excellent and the Egyptian Commercial Service in Palestine during President Yasser
parental. He mentioned that this period was so rich. Arafat’s (Abu Ammar) presidency period in an accurate stage from the
He added that when he was in the period of General Secondary Palestinian history.
Education, he was enrolled in the literary section. Dr. Amir’s father
was a Professor in Zagazig University, he advised Dr. Amir to excel Dr. Amir worked with supreme diplomats and benefited from them
in the literary section better than failing in the science section. From pointing to Amr Moussa, Nabil El Araby and Mostafa El Feky
the beginning, Dr. Amir was pursuing to enroll in the Faculty of demonstrating that serving in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs needs
Economics and Political Science because the Faculty is for the persistence, perseverance, endurance and patience. Besides, he
outstanding students, the high scores and the elite students, but he did recommended learning languages for those who want to enroll in the
not like mathematics, so he preferred the Political Science section to Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming that there are no challenges that
the Economics and Statistics sections. Dr. Amir assured that there was do not have a solution, but the issue depends on the skills of the diplomat.
a very strong reason that made him take his decision and enroll in the
Faculty; which was Gamal Abd El Nasser’s daughter; Hoda Abd El ELITE‟s team asked him about his relationship with his wife and
Nasser and her enrolment in the Faculty which resulted in his family, he replied that his wife is an Academic inZagazig University and
admiration for the Faculty. specialized in methodologies of teaching the English language--

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