Hala El Said names Hisham Badr assistant minister: Planning Minister Hala El Said has appointed former ambassador Hisham Badr as the new assistant minister for strategic partnerships, the ministry said in a statement yesterday. Badr is one of Egypt’s top diplomats, having served as the ambassador to Italy and Japan, and an assistant foreign minister. He also chaired the executive committee of the UN’s refugee agency and headed the balance of payments restrictions committee at the World Trade Organization.

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