Nabil Elaraby

Nabil Elaraby
نبيل العربي
Elaraby in 2013
7th Secretary-General of the Arab League
In office 1 July 2011 – 3 July 2016
Deputy	Samir Nasibi
Preceded by	Amr Moussa
Succeeded by	Ahmed Aboul Gheit
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 6 March 2011 – 1 June 2011
Prime Minister	Essam Sharaf
Preceded by	Ahmed Aboul Gheit
Succeeded by	Mohamed Orabi
Ambassador to the United Nations
In office 20 May 1991 – 20 May 1995
President	Hosni Mubarak
Preceded by	Amr Moussa
Succeeded by	Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid
Personal details
Born	(1935-03-15)15 March 1935 Cairo, Egypt[1]
Died	26 August 2024(2024-08-26) (aged 89)
Alma mater	Cairo University New York University

Nabil Elaraby (Arabic: نبيل العربي; 15 March 1935 – 26 August 2024) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the 7th Secretary General of the Arab League from 1 July 2011 to 3 July 2016. Elaraby also had roles in the United Nations, holding positions at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and serving as a Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

Elaraby served as one of the liaisons between the protesters and the government during the 2011 Egyptian protests, and played a key role in pressing for the removal of President Hosni Mubarak.^[2] Afterwards, he served as the Foreign Affairs Minister of Egypt in Essam Sharaf's post-revolution government from March to June 2011.

Elaraby also served on the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva from 1999 to 2001, and was a member of the International Court of Justice from 2001 to February 2006. He was honored with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Arab Republic of Egypt and as the Grand Officier of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia.