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Khaled El-Enany elected Director-General of UNESCO ?UNESCO

The General Conference of UNESCO elected Mr. Khaled El-Enany (Egypt) as Director-General of the Organization, with 172 votes out of a total of 174 ballots. The new Director-General will succeed Audrey Azoulay, who has held this position since 2017, on 15 November.

Khaled Ahmed El-Enany Ali Ezz, born in 1971, is an Egyptologist and Professor of Egyptology at Helwan University (Egypt), where he has been teaching for over 30 years. He has served as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality, Director of the Open Learning Center, and Head of the Tour Guide Department. He holds a PhD in Egyptology from Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 University (France), where he has been a visiting Professor on several occasions.

He led the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (2014-2016) and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (2015-2016). From 2016 to 2022, he served as Minister of Antiquities and then Minister of Tourism and Antiquities of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

He is a member of several international learned societies. In November 2024, he was appointed Special Ambassador for Cultural Tourism by the World Tourism Organization and, more recently, patron of the African World Heritage Fund. He holds several international distinctions. He speaks Arabic, French and English.

Khaled El-Enany is the 12th Director-General of UNESCO. He is the first Director-General from an Arab country, and the second from Africa to hold this position since Amadou Mahtar Mbow (1974-1987) from Senegal. Mr El-Enany will take office on 15 November for a four-year term.

About UNESCO

With 194 Member States, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization contributes to peace and security by leading multilateral cooperation on education, science, culture, communication and information. Headquartered in Paris, UNESCO has offices in 54 countries and employs over 2300 people. UNESCO oversees more than 2000 World Heritage sites, Biosphere Reserves and Global Geoparks; networks of Creative, Learning, Inclusive and Sustainable Cities; and over 13000 associated schools, university chairs, training and research institutions, with a global network of 200 National Commissions. Its Director-General is Audrey Azoulay.

“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed” – UNESCO Constitution, 1945.

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联合国教科文组织大会选举阿纳尼（埃及）担任组织总干事，他在174张选票中赢得172票。新任总干事将于11月15日接替自2017年起任职的阿祖莱。

哈立德·艾哈迈德·阿纳尼·阿里·伊兹（Khaled Ahmed El-Enany Ali Ezz）生于1971年，是一名杰出的埃及学家，现任埃及赫勒万大学埃及学教授。他已在这所大学执教30余年，曾任旅游和酒店管理学院副院长、开放式学习中心主任、导游系主任。他还拥有法国蒙彼利埃第三大学（保罗·瓦莱里大学）埃及学博士学位，并多次受邀担任该校客座教授。

阿纳尼曾掌舵埃及文明国家博物馆（2014-2016年）和开罗埃及博物馆（2015-2016年）。2016-2022年，他先后担任埃及文物部长、旅游和文物部长。阿纳尼还是多家国际学术机构成员。2024年11月，他被世界旅游组织任命为文化旅游特别大使，又于近期被指定为非洲世界遗产基金名誉赞助人。他曾获多项国际殊荣，且掌握阿拉伯语、法语、英语。

阿纳尼是教科文组织第12位总干事。他是第1位来自阿拉伯国家的总干事，也是继塞内加尔的姆博（1974-1987年）后第2位担任该职务的非洲人。他将于11月15日就任，任期4年。

关于联合国教科文组织

联合国教育、科学及文化组织拥有194个会员国，致力于引领各国在教育、科学、文化、传播和信息领域的多边合作，以此促进和平与安全。组织总部位于法国巴黎，同时在全球54个国家设有办事处，雇员共2300余人。教科文组织负责协调2000多处世界遗产、生物圈保护区、世界地质公园，创意城市、学习型城市、包容和可持续城市网络，以及1.3万余所联系学校、大学教席、培训和研究中心。200个会员国的联合国教科文组织全国委员会组成紧密的全球网络。现任总干事为奥德蕾·阿祖莱。

“战争起源于人之思想，故务需于人之思想中筑起保卫和平之屏障。”——《联合国教科文组织组织法》（1945年）

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