Former Egyptian Ambassador Dr Hadi Eltonsi is unlike many other diplomats in Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1977, two years after graduating from the Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University, Dr Eltonsi joined Egypt’s Foreign Ministry where he went on to represent Egypt in Portugal, Bolivia, Panama, Russia, Guatemala, Honduras, and Namibia. “Since my school years, my hobby was psychology and related sciences as I thought that life is a mission to maturate the soul,” explains Dr Eltonsi to Egyptian Streets. “So in addition to reading about it, I joined the Faculty of Medicine to be a psychiatrist.” After graduating, Dr El Tonsi was provided a “great offer to work as a psychiatrist”. “But, I thought that to grow [in my field], I may also need to open up to other cultures and civilizations,” says Dr Eltonsi about his decision to join the Foreign Ministry. “That is why after two years of training and working as a medical doctor, I became the first medical doctor to join the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a diplomat.” While working as a diplomat in countries across the globe, Dr Eltonsi did not…
Meet the Egyptian Ambassador Whose Psychiatric Work Has Been Recognized Globally
July 24, 2018
