Yasmine Fouad | |
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ياسمين فؤاد | |
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UNCCD Executive Secretary | |
Assumed office 2025 | |
Preceded by | Ibrahim Thiaw |
Minister of Environment | |
In office 18 June 2018 –2025 | |
President | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
Prime Minister | Mostafa Madbouly |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | Cairo University |
Yasmine Salah El-Din Fouad Abdel Aziz is an Egyptian politician who has been serving as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) since 2025. [1] She previously was the Minister of Environment in Mostafa Madbouly's ministry from 2018 to 2025. [2] [3]
Fouad holds a PhD in Euro-Mediterranean studies from Cairo University and a MSc in environmental science from Ain Shams University. [4]
During her time as minister,Fouad co-chaired the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Regional Flagship Programmes steering committee including Sustainable Land Management,Desertification,Biodiversity and Ecosystems-based Adaptation to Climate Change. [5]
Fouad chaired the fourteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2018–2021) and the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh (2021–2022). [6]