Mohammed Murad Ghaleb

Muhammad Murad Ghaleb (1 April 1922 – 18 December 2007 in Cairo) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat.

Career Ghaleb studied medicine at Cairo University. A supporter of the 1952 Egyptian revolution, he served as Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1955 to 1960. From 1960-1961 he served as ambassador of Egypt to Congo, and then to the Soviet Union until 1971. In September 1971 he was appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from January to September 1972. In 1973-1974 he served in a diplomatic post in Libya, and then as ambassador to Yugoslavia until 1977, when he resigned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in protest of President Anwar Sadat's visit to Jerusalem. From then onward he dealt with activities for Third World countries, and from 1988 until his death he served as president of Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization, with its headquarters in Cairo.

Honours and awards Foreign honours