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UNESCO board set to select Egypt’s El-Enany as new chief
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Khaled El-Enany, former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt and candidate to become the head UNESCO, poses during a photo session in Paris on October 1, 2025. (JOEL SAGET / AFP)
The United Nations’ cultural agency is set to select Egypt’s Khaled El-Enany as its new director general, two diplomatic sources say.
UNESCO’s executive board voted 55 to 2 in favor of El-Enany, a former tourism and antiquities minister, against Édouard Firmin Matoko, 69, of the Republic of Congo. The United States did not vote.
It will now be put forward for approval to UNESCO’s 194 members in November.
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