What is Mahmoud Riad?
{{Infobox Politician |name = Mahmoud Riad<br><small>محمود رياض</small> |image = Mahmoed Riad (1969).jpg |office = [[List of Secretaries General of the Arab League|3rd Secretary-General of the Arab League]] |term_start = 1 June 1972 |term_end = March 1979 |predecessor = [[Abdul Khalek Hassouna]] |successor = [[Chedli Klibi]] |birthname = |birth_date = {{birth date|1917|1|8}} |birth_place = [[Qalyubia Governorate|Qalyubia]], [[Egypt]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1992|1|25|1917|1|8}} |death_place = [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] }} '''Mahmoud Riad''' ({{lang-ar|محمود رياض}}) (January 8, 1917 – January 25, 1992) was an [[Egypt]]ian diplomat. He was Egyptian ambassador to [[United Nations]] from 1962 to 1964, Egyptian [[Minister of Foreign Affairs]] from 1964 to 1972, and Secretary-General of the [[League of Arab States]] from 1972 to 1979. ==Honour== ===Foreign honour=== * {{flagu|Malaysia}} : Honorary Commander of the [[Order of the Defender of the Realm]] (1965)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/v8/images/stories/1965.pdf|title=Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1965.|access-date=2018-08-20|archive-date=2018-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928010854/http://www.istiadat.gov.my/v8/images/stories/1965.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Riad, Mahmoud}} [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:1992 deaths]] [[Category:Egyptian politicians]] [[Category:Secretaries General of the Arab League]] [[Category:People from Cairo]] [[Category:Order of the Defender of the Realm]] {{bio-stub}} {{Secretaries-General of the Arab League}}