Amr Mohammed Moussa
Amr Moussa is currently the Secretary-General of the Arab League, a 22-member forum representing Arab nations and a former Egyptian minister for foreign affairs. Moussa declined to contest presidential elections in 2005, despite an appeal by tens of thousands of people.Following an announcement by President Hosni Mubarak on February 1, 2011 that he would not contest in the next Presidential elections, Moussa told CNN that he would seriously consider being a candidate. On February 11, 2011 Moussa said he had quit his position with the Arab League, further fueling speculations on his bid for Presidential elections. Reuters

Amr Moussa, the secretary-general of the Arab League, said he will run for president in Egypt's upcoming presidential elections, according to Al-Arabia TV.

Moussa will quit his job at the Arab league in March and then devote himself to his campaign, which, he said, will focus on the principles of law, democracy and human rights.

Earlier, he told the leaders of the Arab world that the political turmoil they are witnessing is largely the result of decaying economic opportunities in the region

At an economic summit that took place in Egypt last month (prior to Mubarak's fall), Moussa said the Arab soul is broken by poverty, unemployment and general recession. This is in the mind of all of us. The Arab citizen entered an unprecedented state of anger and frustration.

Moussa, 74, has had a long career as an Egyptian diplomat. In 1990, he became Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations. From 1991 to 2001, he served as Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs under Mubarak. He has been the boss of the Arab League since 2001.

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