A staunch defender of Arab democratic change, HE Dr. Amre Moussa was Egypt’s Permanent Representative to the U.N, the Foreign Minister of Egypt, and the Secretary General of the League of Arab States. In 2012, he ran for President of Egypt as an independent candidate with a vision to reform Egypt's ailing bureaucratic and economic infrastructure. This happened during the country’s first democratic elections following the 25 January Revolution. He lost the elections but continued his political career serving in Egypt as an elected member of the Constitutional Assembly, writing the constitution of 2012 and leading the liberal members in their negotiations. He resigned after four months due to attempts to monopolize the drafting of the constitution. Later, he founded the Congress Party of Egypt and is also among the founding members of the National Salvation Front, an Egyptian political alliance established in reaction to President Mohammed Mursi’s constitutional decree. Amre was also one of the leaders who called for and marched during the June 30th revolution that deposed President Mursi and brought in reforms in accordance with the agreed-on road map. In 2014, Amr was Chair of the Fiftieth Committee for the Egyptian Constitution that all Egyptians voted and agreed on. In the course of his diplomatic career, he received a number of awards including the Grand Cordon of the Nile from the Egyptian government in May 2001, the Order of the Two Niles, first class, from Sudan in 2001, and high decorations from Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina and the German Federation. Amre holds a Law degree from Cairo University.