Omar Sharaf
Omar Sharaf | |
|---|---|
| Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League | |
| In office September 1984 – October 1985 | |
| Ambassador to the People's Republic of China | |
| In office December 1982 – August 1985 | |
| Ambassador to Sweden | |
| In office December 1979 – August 1982 | |
| Deputy Representative UNHCR for Africa | |
| In office December 1961 – June 1966 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 October 1925 Aswan, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Died | 8 September 1995 (aged 69) Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt |
| Spouse | Wadoud Wagdy Elwi |
| Children | Three sons |
| Alma mater | Fouad 1st University, 1948 (Cairo University) |
Omar Abdel Aziz Sharaf (22 October 1925 – 8 September 1993; Arabic: عمر شرف) was an Egyptian career diplomat, an Assistant Secretary General of the Arab League, a Deputy Representative of the UNHCR for the Middle East, as well as an Omani and international diplomat. He was a Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (Sweden 1982), a recipient of the Order of Merit, First Class (Egypt, August 1977), and a recipient of the Order of the Republic, Second Class (Egypt, February 1973). He was also a lawyer, a member of the Egyptian Bar association, who until his death in 1993, was Doyen of a family clan of diplomats, politicians, linguists and lawyers.