Abdullah El-Erian
Egyptian judge, jurist and university teacher
About Abdullah El-Erian
Lived 1920 – 1981 (aged 61). Abdullah El-Erian was an Egyptian judge, jurist and university teacher.
Abdullah el-Erian (March 21, 1920, in Damanhur — December 12, 1981, in Leiden) was an Egyptian international lawyer, diplomat, and judge. From 1959 to 1968 he headed the legal affairs and treaties department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt. He served as Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations in Geneva from 1968 to 1979. He was a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1979 until his death in 1981. In 1967, he was elected member of the Institut de Droit International.
He died of a heart attack in 1981. He was succeeded at the ICJ by Mohammed Bedjaoui.
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Who was Abdullah El-Erian?
Egyptian judge, jurist and university teacher (1920-1981)
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Abdullah El-Erian was born on 21 March 1920 in Damanhur.
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Abdullah El-Erian died on 12 December 1981 in The Hague.
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Abdullah El-Erian was a judge, jurist and university teacher.
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Abdullah El-Erian was Egyptian.
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