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Updated: Feb 29, 2012

Ambassador Nabil Fahmy

Nonresident Chair of the CNS Middle East Nonproliferation Project

Activities

Since January 2009, Ambassador Nabil Fahmy has been the nonresident Chair of the CNS Middle East Nonproliferation Project.

Areas of Research

• Middle East and regional security
• Nuclear nonproliferation, and
• Establishment of a Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East

Background

Before returning to Cairo in fall 2008, Ambassador Fahmy served for nine years as the Egyptian Ambassador to the United States. Prior to his posting in Washington, he served as Egypt's Ambassador to Japan.

Ambassador Fahmy has led numerous Egyptian delegations to inter-governmental conferences and meetings on issues associated with the Middle East peace process (including the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference) and international security, disarmament, and nonproliferation. He also served for four years on the UN Secretary General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, chairing the Board from 2001-2003. In addition, Ambassador Fahmy has been a long-time member of the CNS International Advisory Board and the Monterey Nonproliferation Strategy Group.

Education

Ambassador Fahmy received a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, and a Masters in Management from the American University in Cairo.