Presidential Spokesman

• Name: Bassam Essam Rady

• Marital Status: Married

• Children: One son

• Education:
- The English School in Heliopolis
- Bachelor of Computer Science and Nuclear Physics, Ain Shams University, 1990

• Date of appointment in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: November 1991

• Languages: English, Italian and French

• Assumed Positions Abroad:
- Deputy Ambassador to Japan
- Consul-General of Egypt in Istanbul
- He took up posts in the Egyptian embassies in the UAE and Italy.

• Assumed Positions in the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
- Director of the International Department of Combating Terrorism
- Director of United Nations Affairs
- Director of the Office of the Assistant Minister for Multilateral Relations and the United Nations
- Director of Islamic Cooperation Affairs
- Director of Information and Estimates Department
- Deputy Director of the African Department

• He obtained his Crisis Management and Negotiation Fellowship Degree from Nasser Higher Military Academy (NHMA) in 2005.

• He was a member of the national committee on drafting a new anti-terrorism law in 2015.

• He was a member of the Higher Security Committee for Combating Terrorism headed by the President’s Advisor to Counterterrorism Affairs in 2015.

• He headed the Egyptian delegation that participated in all international meetings on combating international terrorism, on top which is Global Coalition Against Daesh, 2014/2015.

• He specialized in monitoring the activities of extremist groups and the Muslim Brotherhood.

• He is currently the Official Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency.