Murad Ghalib

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Muhammad Murad Ghalib ( Arabic مراد غالب, DMG Murād Ġālib ; * April 1, 1922 in Eastern Egypt; † December 18, 2007 ) was an Egyptian ambassador and foreign minister .

Life

Murad Ghalib was the son of Mourad Ghalib. He married Shourkreya Ali Muhammad in 1953 and they had two children. Ghalib grew up in Heliopolis .

From 1956, Ghalib headed Gamal Abdel Nasser's office . He sent him to Patrice Lumumba in July 1960 . With the United Nations operation in the Congo , a contingent from the United Arab Republic entered the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On September 13, 1960, the VAR contingent declared it considered the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be the only authority with the right to control the country and evaded the orders of the United Nations. In November 1960, Ghalib was expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Al-Ahram claimed that the expulsion was arranged by the Belgian government and described Joseph Kasavubu and Mobutu Sese Seko as puppets that moved according to Belgian finger games.

From July 12, 1961 to 1971, he was initially ambassador of the United Arab Republic and, after its dissolution in 1962, ambassador of Egypt in Moscow . From January 17 to September 8, 1972 he was Egyptian Foreign Minister.

predecessor Office successor
Ambassador of the United Arab Republic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1960 - November 1960
Muhammad Awad al-Kuni Ambassador of Egypt to the Soviet Union
July 12, 1961–1971 		Salah-el-Din al-Bassiouni
Mahmoud Riad Foreign Minister of Egypt
January 17, 1972 to September 8, 1972 		Muhammad Hassan al-Zayyat

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The UAR regards the Congo Government as the only authority possessing the right to control its country. It has therefore decided to withdraw its contigent in Congo from the UN Command. "Ahram, Sept. 13, 1960 after Yitzhak Oron, Ed., Middle East Record Volume 1, 1960 p. 29
  2. ↑ Der Spiegel , September 30, 1969, EGYPT / OPPOSITION, Regulated Life
  3. ↑ [1]
  4. ↑ Yitzhak Oron, ed. Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961, p. 657.
personal data
SURNAME Ghalib, Murad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ghalib, Muhammad Murad (full name); مراد غالب (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian ambassador and foreign minister
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Eastern Egypt
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 2007