Nabil Elaraby

Nabil Elaraby (15 March 1935 – 26 August 2024) was an Egyptian diplomat and jurist, the seventh Secretary-General of the Arab League from 1 July 2011 to 3 July 2016. Before that he represented Egypt at the United Nations in Geneva and New York, and sat as a judge of the International Court of Justice from 2001 to February 2006. There is no Urdu Wikipedia article about him; this museum's Urdu page is written from the English and Arabic articles. ^{1 2}

He held a law degree from Cairo University (1955), and an LL.M. (1969) and a doctorate in juridical science (1971) from New York University School of Law. He joined Egypt's diplomatic service and specialised in international law and disarmament, serving at the United Nations in Geneva and as Egypt's permanent representative in New York from 1991 to 1995. He was a member of the United Nations Compensation Commission from 1999 to 2001, then a judge of the International Court of Justice from 2001 to February 2006. ¹

During the 2011 Egyptian protests he acted as one of the liaisons between the protesters and the government and pressed for President Hosni Mubarak's removal. In March 2011 he became foreign minister in Essam Sharaf's government, serving until June. On 1 July 2011 he succeeded Amr Moussa as Secretary-General of the Arab League, holding the office through the region's post-2011 upheavals until 3 July 2016. ^{1 2}

He died on 26 August 2024, aged 89; the Arabic article dates his death to Monday 22 Safar 1446 AH. Neither article states where he died. ^{1 2}

Neither article, in text or infobox, makes any statement about his religion. The only attestation anywhere is a single structured value on his Wikidata item, Islam in general. Under this museum's rule — one structured value never attests a faith — his faith is recorded as unknown, and the reading is preserved in his data record for the founder's ruling. ³

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