Politics
Egypt appoints Nader Zaki as Foreign Ministry spokesman
September 17, 2026 at 06:58 PM · Updated 29d ago
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Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has appointed Ambassador Nader Zaki as official spokesman for Egypt's Foreign Ministry, succeeding Tamim Khallaf.
- Abdelatty issued a decision naming Zaki official spokesman and supervisor of the Public Diplomacy Department.
- A presidential decree appointed outgoing spokesman Tamim Khallaf as Egypt's ambassador to Lebanon.
- Zaki previously served as Egypt's ambassador to the Philippines and as secretary general of the ministry.
- Outgoing spokesman Tamim Khallaf described his two-year tenure as exceptional amid successive regional crises and thanked journalists for their cooperation.
- Khallaf confirmed his readiness to assume his post as Egypt's ambassador to Lebanon and congratulated Nader Zaki on his appointment.
- In his farewell remarks, Khallaf enumerated the regional crises during his tenure, naming Iran, Gaza, Syria, Sudan, Lebanon, Libya, and Yemen.


