Yasmine Fouad

Yasmine Salah El-Din Fouad Abdel Aziz is an Egyptian politician who has been serving as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification since 2025. She previously was the Minister of Environment in Mostafa Madbouly's ministry from 2018 to 2025.

Early life and education

Fouad holds a PhD in Euro-Mediterranean studies from Cairo University and a MSc in environmental science from Ain Shams University.

Political career

During her time as minister, Fouad co-chaired the New Partnership for Africa's Development Regional Flagship Programmes steering committee including Sustainable Land Management, Desertification, Biodiversity and Ecosystems-based Adaptation to Climate Change.
Fouad chaired the fourteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh.