Hesham Youssef

Hesham Youssef is an Egyptian diplomat. His current position is the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. His previous position was chief of staff to the Secretary-General of the Arab League. Youssef's career as a diplomat began when in 1985 he joined the Egyptian [Ministry of Foreign Affairs] of Egypt. He went on to work at the Egyptian Embassy in Canada and then at Egyptian mission to the WTO in Geneva. He joined the Arab [league foreign affairs|Arab League] as an official spokesman in 2001.
Youssef holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Cairo University, a Master's degree in Liberal Arts from St. John's College, New Mexico, and a Master's degree in Economics from the American University in Cairo.