{"id":62621,"date":"2025-10-07T18:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/unesco-selects-el-enany-as-new-chief-antiquities-minister"},"modified":"2025-10-07T19:34:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:34:59","slug":"unesco-selects-el-enany-as-new-chief-antiquities-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/unesco-selects-el-enany-as-new-chief-antiquities-minister","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO Selects El-Enany as New Chief Antiquities Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span><b>The United Nation\u2019s cultural agency UNESCO is set to select former Egyptian antiquities and tourism minister Khaled el-Enany as the organisation\u2019s next director.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The body\u2019s executive board voted on Monday by 55 to 2 in favor of El-Enany over Republic of Congo\u2019s E\u0301douard Firmin Matoko.<\/p>\n<p>If successful, El-Enany will be UNESCO\u2019s first chief from an Arab nation and only the second from Africa. He\u2019ll replace Audrey Azoulay of France, who has served two four-year terms as director general.<\/p>\n<p>El-Enany\u2019s nomination must now be ratified by the body\u2019s 194 member general assembly when it meets in Uzbekistan in November.<\/p>\n<p>The United States sat out the vote. In June, Washington accused the UNESCO of bias against Israel and said that it will leave the organisation at the end of next year. El-Enany has said he will work to bring the US back. America contributes 8 percent of UNESCO&#8217;s budget.<\/p>\n<p>The 54-year old Egyptologist served as minister of antiquities and later tourism under President Abdel Fatah el-Sissi from 2016 to 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. The United Nation\u2019s cultural agency UNESCO is set to select former Egyptian antiquities and tourism minister Khaled el-Enany as the organisation\u2019s next director. The body\u2019s executive board voted on Monday by 55 to 2 in favor of El-Enany over Republic of Congo\u2019s E\u0301douard Firmin Matoko. 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