Abdel Raouf EL Reedy was born on 2 July 1932. He served as Ambassador Of Egypt To The United States in Washington DC from November 1984-1 July 1992.
He is a member of Arab World Books board of trustees since 2004
He is currently Chairman of Board of MISR (Egypt) PUBLIC Library, and Co-Founder and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Council of Foreign Affairs.
Ambassador El Reedy is a frequent contributor to Egyptian media on national and international developments.
He published his memoirs “Journey of my Life”, Cairo, January 2011, publisher Nahdet Misr.
Career Highlights
During the eight years as Ambassador of Egypt to the U.S.A., Ambassador
El Reedy dealt with major political and economic issues related to Egyptian-American relations. In particular, he dealt with the Middle East Peace Process and the Gulf Crisis and the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi invasion (1990-1991).
On the economic front, he actively participated in the negotiations leading to the Economic Reform Agreements in 1991 between the Government of Egypt and the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. He was also a key member of the Egyptian team whose efforts resulted in the cancellation of the Egyptian Military Debt to the U.S.A., and the reduction of the overall Egyptian debt to the Paris Club countries.
During his tenure in the U.S.A., Ambassador El Reedy lectured extensively throughout the U.S.A., and conducted frequent interviews with the media, particularly the television medium where he appeared in such widely watched programs as Nightline, Crossfire, Face the Nation, Larry King Live, The Today Show , Good Morning America, CBS Morning News, McLaughlin's One on One and many others.
While serving in the Egyptian Missions of Egypt to the United Nations in Geneva and New York, and the Department of International Organizations in the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador EL REEDY represented his country in numerous international forums dealing with a wide variety of political, economic, legal and humanitarian issues. He attended more than fifteen sessions of the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
In 1983, he led Egypt's delegation to the meeting of the Group of 77 developing countries in Buenos Aires, Argentina and was deputy leader of the Egyptian delegation to the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development in Belgrade. He also represented Egypt in the Ministerial Meetings and the High Contracting Parties Meetings of GATT leading to the Uruguay Round.
Furthermore, he participated in several international conferences including the U.N. Conference on Disarmament, World Health Assemblies, International Labor Conference, International Conference on Refugees, U.N. Special Committee on the Definition of Aggression, and the U.N. Legal Subcommittee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
In January 1984, he addressed the European Security Conference meeting in Stockholm.
Highlights of Current Activities
Since he retired from the Egyptian Foreign Services, Ambassador EL REEDY has been leading an active life, distributing his time between private work and public causes. As a lawyer he represented several Egyptian Companies in their effort to receive compensation from the UNITED NATION COMPENSATION COMMISSION, for their losses resulting from Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait in 1990. He is legal advisor to a number of Egyptian Companies and a member of the Board of the Abu Suma Tourist Development Company, which builds on the Red Sea the largest tourist development project in the Middle East region.
Ambassador EL REEDY also accepted two main volunteering assignments. He helped establish and chairs the Board of the Mubarak Public Library, one of the largest public libraries in Egypt. He was also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of New Damietta, a new city established on the Mediterranean coast to the new port of Damietta (1993-1997).
Ambassador EL REEDY is an active participant in the Egyptian Public life. He frequently appears on Egyptian Television political and cultural programs. His articles appear in the Leading Egyptian papers and occasionally in the foreign media. He also contributed articles to the Annual Review of the Egyptian Society of International Law.
