Fahmy is a career diplomat . He served in the Egyptian cabinet from 1974 to 1978 in various posts , including Deputy Foreign Minister . He also assumed the post of advisor to the Vice President of Egypt and was the secretary of the President for external communications from February 1974 to August 1976 . He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in different capacities , including member of the Egyptian mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva and New York and political advisor from August 1993 to September 1997 . He served as the Ambassador of Egypt to Japan from September 1997 to September 1999 . Next he served as the Ambassador of Egypt to the United States from October 1999 to September 2008 . Therefore , his term saw the September 11 attacks
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Nabil Fahmi