Ahmed Ihab GAMALELDIN

Dr. Gamaleldin’s professional experience covers a wide range of thematic areas, interests and positions related to diplomacy, sustainability, green transition, development, economics, private sector development, climate change, human rights, policy-making and strategic planning. 

As a former Egyptian diplomat, he has gained rich and diversified experiences at the multilateral, regional and bilateral levels throughout his 36 years diplomatic career. Dr. Gamaleldin worked in various capacities in the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including as Assistant Minister for Human Rights and International Humanitarian and Social Affairs, as Deputy Assistant Minister for Environment and Sustainable development, as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco and as Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations , the WTO and Other International Organizations in Geneva. 

He assumed a pivotal role in numerous international and regional processes and spearheaded several multilateral negotiations through his election as chair of these negotiations that covered the areas of sustainable development, human rights, humanitarian and social issues, environment and climate change and disarmament. He also led national delegations to numerous international and regional meetings. In addition, he presided over the Conference on Disarmament in the United Nations in Geneva, and represented Egypt in the Human Rights Council, and the various governing bodies and ministerial conferences of the UNHCR, the ILO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, the ICRC, and the WTO.

One of his achievements at the international level was the creation in 2021 of the Women Development Organization within the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), mandated to push forward the economic, political and social empowerment of women in Islamic countries. He supervised international consultations leading to the creation of this Organization, and the elaboration and adoption of its statute by the 57 member states of the OIC. 

At the national policy-making level, Dr. Gamaleldin has a vast experience in interacting and building partnerships with national stakeholders, including civil servants, parliamentarians, the private sector and civil society. He has also held prestigious positions within the government apparatus at the national level. One of his institution-building achievements was founding the first Supreme Standing Committee for Human Rights and its Technical Secretariat and being its first Secretary General, and leading  the elaboration of the first “National Strategy for Human Rights 2021-2026 “ in Egypt after conducting extensive inter-ministerial consultations and a nationwide societal consultative process

Furthermore, Dr. Gamaleldin has worked as a consultant to international economic institutions and national financial institutions. He was a consultant to the World Bank, focusing on private sector development, evaluating experiences of state-owned enterprises, their restructuring and reform and privatization, and the impact of international competition on their performance, and  providing  training and technical assistance, and catalysing additional equity and long term financing  for private investments.

Dr. Gamaleldin holds a PHd in International Economics and International Relations (1996) and a Master of Arts in International Relations (1991) With Distinction from the Johns Hopkins University, USA, in addition to a Masters of Business Administration (1989) and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration (1986) with High Honors from the American University in Cairo, Egypt.