Personal Information:

Date of Birth: 01/08/1967

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Nationality: Egyptian

Marital Status: Married (three children)

Professional Experience

October 2024 – October 2025: Assistant Minister for International Cultural Relations.

October 2023 – October 2024: Assistant Minister and Director of the Judicial Affairs Department.

November 2019 – October 2023: Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain.

October 2018 – November 2019: Deputy Assistant Minister for Financial Affairs.

September 2017 – October 2018: Deputy Secretary General of the Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD)

September 2013 – September 2017: Ambassador to the United Mexican States.

August 2011 – September 2013: Minister Plenipotentiary / Deputy Director of the Diplomatic and Consular Affairs Department.

August 2008 – August 2011: Counselor / Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in London, United Kingdom, Head of Political Section

September 2007 – August 2008: Counselor / Office Director- Assistant Minister for Consular Affairs, Egyptian Abroad, Migration and Refugees.

September 2003 – August 2007: Counselor, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Manama, Bahrain.

September 2002 – August 2003: First Secretary, Office of the Assistant Minister for Consular Affairs, Egyptian Abroad, Migration and Refugees.

September 1998 – August 2002: First Secretary, Consulate of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

September 1996 – August 1998: Second Secretary, Asian Department, Iran and Afghanistan Affairs.

September 1993 – August 1996: Third Secretary, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Bujumbura, Burundi

September 1991 – August 1993: Diplomatic Attaché, Department of North America, United States of America and Canada Affairs.

Academic Background

• B.A, Faculty of Law, Cairo University.
• B.A, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University.
• Egyptian High School Diploma (1981–1984), Al-Ibrahimya High School.

Training Courses

• Migration Law Course – Sunsex University (June 2008)
• Refugee Law Course – International Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy (May 2003)
• The Middle East Youth Diplomats Seminar – Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo (September 1997)
• International Economic Relations – Berlin, Germany (June 1991)
• Diplomatic Training – Institute for Diplomatic Studies, Cairo (October 1990 – September 1991)

International Conferences

• Wilton Park Conference on Somalia (February 2011)
• Manama Dialogue for Security in the Gulf States, Bahrain (December 2007 & 2005)
• Forum for the Future, G8 Organization, Manama (November 2005)
• International Parliamentary Conference, Rio de Janeiro (May 2000)
• Egyptian Asian Seminar, Cairo (November 1996)
• International Conference for Refugees in the Great Lakes Region, Bujumbura, Burundi (April 1996)
• Ministerial Conference for Islamic Countries, Cairo (September 1990)

Languages

• Arabic: Mother tongue
• English: Excellent
• Portuguese: Fair

HobbiesReading, Playing Football, Playing Music

Ambassador Yasser Mohamed Shaaban