Omar Sharaf

Omar Sharaf
Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League
In office
September 1984 – October 1985
Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
In office
December 1982 – August 1985
Ambassador to Sweden
In office
December 1979 – August 1982
Deputy Representative UNHCR for Africa
In office
December 1961 – June 1966
Personal details
Born(1925-10-22)22 October 1925
Aswan, Kingdom of Egypt
Died8 September 1995(1995-09-08) (aged 69)
Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
SpouseWadoud Wagdy Elwi
ChildrenThree sons
Alma materFouad 1st University, 1948
(Cairo University)

Omar Abdel Aziz Sharaf (22 October 1925 – 8 September 1993; Arabic: عمر شرف) was an Egyptian career diplomat, an Assistant Secretary General of the Arab League, a Deputy Representative of the UNHCR for the Middle East, as well as an Omani and international diplomat. He was a Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (Sweden 1982), a recipient of the Order of Merit, First Class (Egypt, August 1977), and a recipient of the Order of the Republic, Second Class (Egypt, February 1973).[1] He was also a lawyer, a member of the Egyptian Bar association, who until his death in 1993, was Doyen of a family clan of diplomats, politicians, linguists and lawyers.

  1. ^ Shafik, Samira (26 October 1979). "Qabl An Yateer Omar Sharaf Ela Sakf Al-Alam" [Before Omar Sharaf Flies to the Roof of the World]. Al Mosawwar (in Arabic). Cairo: Dar El Helal: 36.

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