Born in
Alexandria in March 1923, Abdel Meguid received a law degree from
Alexandria University in 1944 before going on to obtain a doctorate of
international law from the
University of Paris in 1947. He became ambassador to
France in 1970, deputy foreign minister in 1970, and Egypt's high representative to the
United Nations in 1972. He served in that position until 1983, and was then foreign minister from 1984 to 1991, when he was elected secretary-general of
the Arab League. He died in
Cairo on 21 December 2013, at the age of 90. ==References==