An Egyptian Consul-General was appointed in Ottawa in 1950 and the Consulate-General was raised to the rank of Embassy in August 1954. Mr. H.M. El-Hakeem, who had been Consul-General, became Chargé d'Affaires. The first Egyptian Ambassador to Canada, Mr. El-Husseini El-Khatib, presented his credentials on May 3, 1955. The Embassy of Egypt is Egypt's embassy in Canada. It is located at 454 Laurier Avenue East in Ottawa, Ontario. Egypt also operates a significant Consulate-General in Montreal with 14 accredited diplomatic personnel.
Ahmed Hafez serves as Ambassador with a staff of diplomats plus locally hired employees.
List of representatives The following is a list of Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Egypt to Canada.
NamePeriodFunctionNoteH. M. El-Hakeem1954–1955Charge d'Affaires a.i.Accredited in August 1954El Husseini El Khatib1955–1959AmbassadorAccredited on 3 May 1955Mahmoud Fawzy Kamel1959Charge d'Affaires a.i.Accredited on 18 January 1959Abdel Hamid Ibrahim Seoud1959–1964AmbassadorAccredited on 19 August 1959Ahmed Hassan El-Feki1964–1965AmbassadorAccredited on 2 July 1964Mahmoud Moharram Hammad1965–1968AmbassadorAccredited on 29 September 1965Mohamed Choucri1968–1971AmbassadorAccredited on 8 October 1968Waguih Ahmed Moustafa1971–1972Charge d'Affaires a.i.Accredited on 5 December 1971Ahmed Sabri Kamal1972–1976AmbassadorAccredited on 10 August 1972Amr Ahmed Shawki1976Charge d'Affaires a.i.Accredited in August 1976Hassan Fahmy Abdel Megid1976–1981AmbassadorAccredited on 22 November 1976Tahseen M. Basheer1981–1985AmbassadorAccredited on 19 November 1981Mahmoud Kassem1985–1989AmbassadorAccredited on 15 August 1985Mohamed Adel Hussein Elsafty1989–1993AmbassadorAccredited on 8 September 1989Mahmoud H. Farghal1993–1997AmbassadorAccredited on 24 November 1993Hamdy Nada1997–2000AmbassadorAccredited on 17 September 1997Sallama Mahmoud Shaker2000–2004AmbassadorAccredited on 28 September 2000Mahmoud F. El-Saeed2004–2008AmbassadorAccredited on 10 September 2004Hala Samir El Bishawy2008Charge d'Affaires a.i.Accredited in March 2008Shamel Elsayed Nasser2008–2010AmbassadorAccredited on 15 September 2008Wael Ahmed Kamal Aboul Magd2010–2014AmbassadorAccredited on 23 September 2010Motaz Mounir Zahran2014–2018AmbassadorAccredited on 17 September 2014Salwa Ebrahim Mohamed Elmowafi2018Charge d'Affaires a.i.Accredited in October 2018Ahmed Mahmoud A. Abu Zeid2018–2022AmbassadorAccredited on 13 November 2018Rehab Abdelhak Ali Shawer2022Charge d'Affaires a.i.Accredited in August 2022Ahmed Abdallah Ibrahim Hafez2022-presentAmbassadorAccredited on 22 September 2022
References
External links
Canada-Egypt Relations - Government of Canada Canadian embassy in Cairo - Government of Canada Embassy of Egypt - Embassy of Egypt Egypt Consulate - Egypt Consulate (in Arabic)