Former Egyptian Foreign Minister and former Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Nabil Al-Arabi, passed away on Monday, August 26, at the age of 89.

Al-Arabi was born on March 15, 1935, in Cairo. He graduated from the Faculty of Law in 1955 and went on to earn a Master's degree in International Law and a doctorate in Judicial Sciences from the School of Law at New York University.

As an Egyptian diplomat, he served as Egypt's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and Geneva. He was also a member of the UN International Law Commission and headed the Egyptian delegation in the Taba negotiations.

Al-Arabi held a range of diplomatic positions, including judge at the International Court of Justice (from 2001 to 2006), Egyptian Foreign Minister (2011), and Secretary-General of the League of Arab States (2011-2016).