Ambassador Wahib Meniyawi was appointed as head of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA) succeeding Ambassador Mohamed Ibrahim Shaker.

Ambassadors Monir Zahran, Ezzat Saad , Anisa Hassona and Hazem Attia were chosen as the council's deputy chairman, executive director, secretary general and treasurer respectively.

The board of directors members, who won the general assembly elections, have chosen the council's president.

Meniyawi held many posts in the Egyptian embassies abroad and his recent post was Egypt's ambassador in Japan.

Sources: MENA