Who is Egypt's Candidate for Post of UNESCO Director General?

Egypt nominated its sormer Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Dr. Khaled Al-Anani for the position of Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the period from 2025 to 2029, as a candidate for the Arab Republic of Egypt

Who is Dr. Khalid Al-Anani?

- Version A:

• Minister of Tourism and Antiquities (22 December 2019 - 13 August 2022); Minister of Antiquities (23 March 2016 - 21 December 2019). First Minister of both Tourism and Antiquities since they were separated in 1966.

• Professor of Egyptology, Tourism Guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management (FTH), Helwan University (HU) - Faculty member since 1993.

• Order of the Rising Sun, Japan (2021); Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2020); Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France (2015).

• Honorary Member of the Société française d’égyptologie, Paris (2016); Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute, Berlin (2015).

• General Supervisor of Egyptian Museum in Cairo (2015-2016); and National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (2014-2016; Project in cooperation with UNESCO).

• Vice-Dean for Education and Students Affairs, FTH, HU (2012-2013); Head of Tourism Guidance Department, FTH, HU (2011-2012).

• Visiting Professor, Paul-Valéry University (UPV), Montpellier III (seven times during 2006-2013).

• Associate Scientific Expert, Board Member, Member of Scientific Council, and Associate Researcher at French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo (IFAO ; 2002-2016).

• Ph.D. in Egyptology, UPV, Montpellier III (2001).

• B.Sc. in Tourism Guidance (French Section), FTH, HU (1992).

Biography Khaled El-Enany - Version B:

Khaled El-Enany assumed his position as Minister of Antiquities in March 2016 and until December 2019. He then became Minister of Tourism and Antiquities in December 2019 and until August 2022. He is the first Minister of both Tourism and Antiquities since the two ministries were separated in 1966.

Khaled El-Enany is a Professor in the Tourism Guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management (FTH), Helwan University (HU). He got various academic, scientific, administrative and executive experiences, inside and outside Egypt, in university teaching, scientific research, Egyptology, museums and tourism.

He obtained a Bachelor of Tourism Guidance (French Section) in 1992. He started his career as a bilingual tour guide (French and English) immediately after graduating, before being appointed as Assistant in the Department of Tourism Guidance, FTH, HU, in 1993. He obtained a Master’s Degree in Tourism Guidance from FTH, HU, in 1996. He continued his postgraduate studies in France, and obtained a Diploma (1998) and a Ph.D. in Egyptology (2001) from Paul-Valéry Montpellier III University (UPV). El-Enany progressed in academic positions, and became Professor in the Tourism Guidance Department, FTH, HU, since 2011.

Besides his work at HU, El-Enany participated in the scientific and research activities of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo (2002-2014), and has been a visiting professor at UPV seven times during 2006-2013 (12 months in 2013, and six times one month each during 2006-2011). He also worked as General Supervisor of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat (2014-2016), and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (2015-2016).

Prof. El-Enany received distinguished decorations: Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France in 2015; Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in 2020, and Order of the Rising Sun from Japan in 2021. He has also been selected as Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute, Berlin in 2015, and as Honorary Member of the Société française d’égyptologie, Paris in 2016.