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Egyptian Khaled El-Enany was elected Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today, Thursday, during the General Conference held in Samarkand, after gaining the support of 172 countries out of 174, succeeding Frenchwoman Audrey Azoulay, who has held the position since 2017.
El-Enany, born in 1971, is one of the most prominent Egyptologists in the world, and a university professor at Helwan University, where he previously managed both the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. He also held the positions of Minister of Antiquities and then Minister of Tourism and Antiquities between 2016 and 2022.
With his election, El-Enany becomes the second African and the first Arab to lead the organization since its founding, after Senegalese Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, who held the position between 1974 and 1987. El-Enany will officially assume his duties on the 15th of this month for a four-year term.
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